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John Leech

Design for "Hooking and Eyeing," a wood engraving published in "Punch" (recto); Sketch of two women and a man (verso)

1851
Recto: pen and brown ink and watercolor Verso: graphite
15.6 × 11.7 cm (6.1 × 4.6 in)

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