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Edward Williams the Elder|S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson

A College Scene, or a Fruitless Attempt on the Purse of Old Square-toes

[August 1, 1787], reissued July 1, 1802
Etching with stipple and softground, printed in brown ink
36.8 × 36.6 cm (14.5 × 14.4 in)

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