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Thomas Rowlandson|R. Ackermann|Henri Merke

Cries of London, No. 5: Come Buy My Watercresses

March 1, 1799
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
37.7 × 31.1 cm (14.8 × 12.2 in)

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