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Catching an elephant
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · March 1, 1812
Two attractive and winsome damsels, standing outside a portal labelled 'Warm Baths,' have just succeeded in capturing an elderly colossus of a man, whose bulk should fairly entitle him to take his place amongst elephantine monsters ; the expression of his senile features is designed to carry out the resemblance.
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