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Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

Lose their Compass, their ships slips between the teeth of a fish unknown in this part of the world

[1809], reissued 1811
Hand-colored etching; reissue
9.5 × 15.9 cm (3.7 × 6.3 in)

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