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Lewis Mayer|Thomas Rowlandson|Edward Jones

As many Figures, Dancing doth propose, As waves roll on the Sea, when tempest toss (Phrynichus, the Tragedian)

July 31, 1804
Hand-colored etching, printed in brown ink
27.8 × 44 cm (10.9 × 17.3 in)

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