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An Excrescence; - Afungus; - Alias - A Toadstool Upon a Dung-Hill, James Gillray

An Excrescence; - Afungus; - Alias - A Toadstool Upon a Dung-Hill

James Gillray (British) (1756-1815)

Movement
Caricature
Date
1791
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
24.4 × 22.2 cm (sheet)
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, public domain

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