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Tobias Smollett|James Sibbald|Thomas Rowlandson

Roderick Random Discovers his Uncle Bowling in Distress (The Adventures of Roderick Random, vol. 2, p. 30)

June 15, 1793
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12.2 × 16.1 cm (4.8 × 6.3 in)

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