A man shoots at a lark that has escaped from its cage on the street: the woman who owns it watches in horror from an upstairs window, while another man watches from the side of the house. Etching, 183-(?).

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A man shoots at a lark that has escaped from its cage on the street: the woman who owns it watches in horror from an upstairs window, while another man watches from the side of the house. Etching, 183-(?).