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Thomas Banks|William Shakespeare|John & Josiah Boydell|James Stow

Shakespeare Seated Between the Dramatic Muse and the Genius of Painting, Who is Pointing Him Out as the Proper Subject for Her Pencil

1797
Etching and engraving
31.5 × 17.4 cm (12.4 × 6.9 in)

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