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A dead woman lies on a bed with another figure behind her. Etching by James Smetham.
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A dead woman lies on a bed with another figure behind her. Etching by James Smetham.

James Smetham

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Lettering: The last sleep. "The storm that wrecks the winter sky/ no more disturbs their deep repose/ than summer evenings latest sigh/ that shuts the rose." Studies from a sketch book, No. 2. Designed & etched by James Smetham.

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