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The Author and his Reader; a Frontispiece to ‘The Tatler’ by Francis Hayman — VisualArtsDB

The Author and his Reader; a Frontispiece to ‘The Tatler’

The Author and his Reader; a Frontispiece to ‘The Tatler’

1759

Medium: Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: support: 135 x 90 mm
Museum: Tate

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