An Irish Pilot or Steering by Chance

Charles Williams British

Publisher Thomas Tegg British

August 1812

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Title: An Irish Pilot or Steering by Chance
Artist: Charles Williams (British, active 1797–1830)
Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
Date: August 1812
Medium: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions: Image: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Object Number: 1970.541.109
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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