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Thomas Rowlandson|Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet|Thomas Tegg

The Borough Mongers Strangled in the Tower

April 26, 1810
Hand-colored etching
34.4 × 24.9 cm (13.5 × 9.8 in)

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