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William Combe|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|J. Diggens

Quae Genus Reading to Sir Jeffery Gourmand

March 1, 1822
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
14 × 22.3 cm (5.5 × 8.8 in)

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