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Thomas Rowlandson|D. N. Shury|Rudolph Ackermann, London

Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs

December 14, 1804
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23.9 × 24.2 cm (9.4 × 9.5 in)

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