Sales catalogue 16: Andrew Block

Date:
1935
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/26/10
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 16: Andrew Block. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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