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Woman sleeping at a desk while a man reads her secret

Woman asleep in a library while her guardian reads her secret thoughts. Miseries of Reading and Writing. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresford's Miseries of Human Life, Ackermann, 1808

Picture No

13135689

Media ID

45779298

Size

6753px x 4788px (6.0MB)

Credit

Florilegius

Source

Thomas Rowlandson

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