Cracking a Joke!! — George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson | DiscoverArt

George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

Cracking a Joke!!

1813?

Hand-colored etching

23.4 × 23.8 cm (9.2 × 9.4 in)

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