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Henry Fielding|Thomas Rowlandson

Tom Jones & Sophia interrupted in a tete a tete by Lady Bellaston, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"

1792
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11.8 × 17.7 cm (4.6 × 7 in)

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