Old Maids at a Sale of Curiosities — Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756–1827) | DiscoverArt

Thomas Rowlandson

Old Maids at a Sale of Curiosities

c. 1776–1827

pen and brown and gray ink and watercolor wash

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