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Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow|Charles Wolfran Cornwall|Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville|George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Charles James Fox|William Pitt|Thomas Rowlandson|William Humphrey

The State Auction

March 26, 1784
Hand-colored etching
24.8 × 35.2 cm (9.8 × 13.9 in)

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