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South Gate, King's Lynn
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South Gate, King's Lynn

Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953 · [ca. 1898–1904]

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Study for the etching of the same title (Dodgson number: 153). The gateway is at the left and the water gate below the centre. The etching was made in 1904.

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