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Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

The Baron arrives at Ceylon, combats and conquers two extraordinary opponents

[1809], reissued 1811
Hand-colored etching; reissue
10 × 16.4 cm (3.9 × 6.5 in)

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