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Bacon, John, 1740–1799
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Walker, Anthony, 1726–1765
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)
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John Bacon, 1740–1799
Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans
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Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Britannia in Distress
1756