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Thomas Rowlandson

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey

1800
Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on card
20.2 × 26.8 cm (8 × 10.6 in)

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