Songs: "O would t'were my lot..." — Henry Thomas Alken|Thomas McLean | DiscoverArt

Henry Thomas Alken|Thomas McLean

Songs: "O would t'were my lot..."

1822

Soft-ground etching

20 × 25.8 cm (7.9 × 10.2 in)

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