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A York address to the whale caught lately off Gravesend
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A York address to the whale caught lately off Gravesend

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · April 5, 1809

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The Duke of York, in his regimentals, has gone down on his knees to the latest wonder of the hour, and is beseeching the popular arrival to divert the minds of an excitement-loving public from his own particular case.

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