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A printing press with a pair of legs brandishes a quill wrapped around with hissing snakes and sends all those around it flying off. Coloured etching by Paul Pry (William Heath).
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A printing press with a pair of legs brandishes a quill wrapped around with hissing snakes and sends all those around it flying off. Coloured etching by Paul Pry (William Heath).

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/2469 · 1820

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Lettering: The man wots got the whip hand of 'em all.

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