A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door — Thomas Rowlandson | DiscoverArt

Thomas Rowlandson

A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door

1787

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16.4 × 25.3 cm (6.5 × 10 in)

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