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Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Thomas Rowlandson

John Bull Making Observations on the Comet

November 10, 1807
Hand-colored etching
24.5 × 35 cm (9.6 × 13.8 in)

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