Robert Smirke RA, Protection Offered to the Metropolis, c.1798.
172 mm x 215 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Protection Offered to the Metropolis, c.1798
Robert Smirke RA (1753 - 1845)
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172 mm x 215 mm
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