Substitutions for bread; -or, right Honorables, saving the loaves & dividing the fishes, by James Gillray

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Substitutions for bread; -or, right Honorables, saving the loaves & dividing the fishes. Gillray, James (British, 1757-1815). Humphrey, Hannah, publisher (British, c.1745-1818). Etching, hand colouring, published December 24th 1795.

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