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The resignation
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · March 24, 1809
The departing Commander-in-Chief, in his regimentals, as he is invariably represented, is trying to harrow John Bull's sympathies before he deprives him of his valuable services. The good-natured national prototype is keeping up a show of affliction under the approaching bereavement ; but, although he is concealing his face with his handkerchief, a smile lurks round the corner of his mouth.
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