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Thomas Rowlandson|Elizabeth Jackson|Samuel Collings|Samuel Johnson|James Boswell

The Contest at Auckinleck (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second)

June 10, 1786
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26.7 × 28.8 cm (10.5 × 11.3 in)

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