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Polite Alderman, Advancing to Future Happiness

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1792
Accession number: 71.79.17
Maker: Isaac Cruikshank(Opens in new tab) (British, 1756–1811)
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (17.1 x 21.9 cm.)
Medium: pen and gray wash over pencil
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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