A Silly — Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson | DiscoverArt

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

A Silly

June 26, 1800

Etching and aquatint, hand-colored

28.9 × 38.5 cm (11.4 × 15.2 in)

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