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James Gillray|Hannah Humphrey

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition

October 1, 1807
Hand-colored etching
24.8 × 34.6 cm (9.8 × 13.6 in)

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