Dropsy Courting Consumption — Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg | DiscoverArt

Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

Dropsy Courting Consumption

October 25, 1810

Hand-colored etching

33.9 × 23 cm (13.3 × 9.1 in)

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