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Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson|Marie Louise of Austria|Napoléon Bonaparte

The First Night of My Wedding, or Little Boney No Match For an Arch Dutchess

April 25, 1810
Hand-colored etching
32.8 × 23.5 cm (12.9 × 9.3 in)

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