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Thomas Rowlandson 1756-1827.
The Masked Ball.
Pen and grey ink over traces of pencil.
11.7 by 20.2 cm., 4 ½ by 8 in.
This is a preliminary drawing, in reverse, for one of Rowlandson's twenty-six illustrations to William Combe's `The Dance of Life', published by Ackermann in 1817.
The engraving is captioned: `The Mask, that scene of wanton Folly/May convert Mirth to Melancholy.'
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11.7 by 20.2 cmThe BADA Standard
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