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Tendanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo–Virgil, Geor:, James Gillray

Tendanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo–Virgil, Geor:

James Gillray (British) (1756-1815)

Movement
Caricature
Date
1810
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
34.9 × 24.8 cm (sheet)
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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