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John Raphael Smith|Nathaniel Hone|R. Marshall|Lydia Hone|William Shakespeare

Miss Lydia Hone – "Her beauty hangs on the Cheek of Night, like a rich Jewel in an Ethiop's Ear"

November 30, 1771
Mezzotint; third state of three
34.8 × 24.6 cm (13.7 × 9.7 in)

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