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Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs
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Hand-colored etching and letterpress
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1959
Title: Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs
Description:
Hand-colored etching and letterpress.
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