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Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder|William Hogarth|Laurence Sterne

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,

April 1760
Etching and engraving; first state of two
13.9 × 7.9 cm (5.5 × 3.1 in)

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