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Shearjashub Spooner|John & Josiah Boydell|William Shakespeare|Peter Simon|Robert Smirke

Shylock's House–Shylock, Jessica and Launcelot (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 5)

first published 1795; reissued 1852
Stipple engraving
55.4 × 39.8 cm (21.8 × 15.7 in)

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