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Jean Baptiste Vanmour|William Hogarth|Aubry de La Mottraye

A Native Dance (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 11)

1723–24
Etching and engraving
25 × 34.5 cm (9.8 × 13.6 in)

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