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Henry Brookes|Thomas Rowlandson

The Start

June 21, 1786
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
24 × 34.7 cm (9.4 × 13.7 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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