DISCOVERART

Thomas Rowlandson|William Combe|J. Diggens|Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Prophet discovering himself and exposing the deception, from "Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution"

1821
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
14.4 × 22.5 cm (5.7 × 8.9 in)

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