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1825 (made)

Williams, Charles (pseudonym 'ARGUS') (worked ca.1979-ca.1830)
Advantages of Modern Education. Caricature satirizing the popularity of Sir Walter Scott's novels.
Inscribed with title and: Argus del't. Sc Pub'd Feb'y 1825 by S Knights Sweetings Alley Cornhill.
Etching, coloured by hand.

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Williams, Charles (pseudonym 'ARGUS') (worked ca.1979-ca.1830)
Advantages of Modern Education. Caricature satirizing the popularity of Sir Walter Scott's novels.
Inscribed with title and: Argus del't. Sc Pub'd Feb'y 1825 by S Knights Sweetings Alley Cornhill.
Etching, coloured by hand.
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E.935-1970

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