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Intemperance.–The Animal: "Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is"–Shakespeare

Alfred Henry Forrester1843

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Title: Intemperance.–The Animal: "Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is"–Shakespeare
Creator: William Shakespeare|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]|T. W. Huffam|R. C. Lambe
Date Created: 1843
Physical Dimensions: Plate: 13 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.4 × 25.7 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (47 × 35 cm)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/668720
Medium: Mezzotint and etching
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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