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Thomas Landseer|Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel D'Orsay|Joseph Hogarth|Joseph Mallord William Turner|Hullmandel & Walton

The Fallacy of Hope

January 1, 1851
Lithograph on chine collé
32.7 × 22.4 cm (12.9 × 8.8 in)

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