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Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works, with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries (1880)

Grego, Joseph, 1843-1908, Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 235

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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · English wit and humor, Pictorial

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