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William Shakespeare|Matthew William Peters|Peter Simon|John & Josiah Boydell|Shearjashub Spooner

Hero, Ursula and Beatrice (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3, Scene 1)

first published 1790; reissued 1852
Stipple engraving
64.3 × 45 cm (25.3 × 17.7 in)

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