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Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores|Edward Williams the Elder

Polygamy

[August 1, 1787], reissued July 1, 1802
Etching with stipple and softground, printed in brown ink
36.8 × 35.1 cm (14.5 × 13.8 in)

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