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Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Mock Phoenix!!! Or a Vain Attempt to Rise Again

December 10, 1813
Hand-colored etching
25.1 × 35.9 cm (9.9 × 14.1 in)

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