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James Gillray|Hannah Humphrey

Blowing-up the Pic-Nic's;–or–Harlequin Quixote Attacking the Puppets, vide Tottenham Street Pantomime

April 2, 1802
Etching; proof
34.9 × 25.6 cm (13.7 × 10.1 in)

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