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Thomas Rowlandson|T. Smith

'Tis not Antiques Alone can Please the Eye, or Tastes Differ

November 20, 1786
Hand-colored etching
15.6 × 21.6 cm (6.1 × 8.5 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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