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AUTHENTICITY

OF VARIOUS

PICTURES AND PRINTS,

WHICH, FROM THE DECEASE OF THE POET TO OUR OWN TIMES, HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC

AS

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OF

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CONTAINING

A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE ON WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE RECEIVED;

BY WHICH THE PRETENDED PORTRAITS HAVE BEEN REJECTED, THE GENUINE CONFIRMED AND ESTABLISHED.

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BY JAMES BOADEN, Esq.

"We will draw the curtain, and shew you the PICTURE.”

TWELFTH NIGHT.

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