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Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

Hocus Pocus, or Searching for the Philsopher's Stone

March 12, 1800
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
23.9 × 31.6 cm (9.4 × 12.4 in)

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