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Mr. Garrick in the Character of Leon, Rule a Wife & have a Wife, Act 3d, Scene 5th
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Etching and aquatint
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1917
Title: Mr. Garrick in the Character of Leon, Rule a Wife & have a Wife, Act 3d, Scene 5th
Description:
Etching and aquatint.
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