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Yorkshire hieroglyphics!! Plate 1
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Yorkshire hieroglyphics!! Plate 1

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · March 8, 1809

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The hieroglyphics are not very difficult to decipher, and when transcribed prove nothing more than a compromising letter, which was produced in the House of Commons, incautiously sent by the amorous Commander-in-Chief to his ladylove, Mrs. Clake.

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