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Thomas Rowlandson, Doctor Syntax drawing after nature, 1 May 1812.
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint. 108 mm x 187 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827)
RA Collection: Art
108 mm x 187 mm
The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque, a poem - London: 1812
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