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William Hogarth|Samuel Butler

Hudubras and Ralpho Disputing (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 8)

1721–26
Etching and engraving
12 × 7.3 cm (4.7 × 2.9 in)

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