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William Hogarth|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder|Laurence Sterne

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,

April 1760
Etching and engraving; second state of two
13.8 × 7.8 cm (5.4 × 3.1 in)

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