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Plate 10: Smart Captain Plume

   
 
 


Publish'd as the Act Directs, June 1773

7 3/4"w x 5"h

               
   
 

From "The EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES in the Book of Heads entitled
HUMAN PASSIONS DELINEATED": PLATE 10

   
 

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MART Captain Plume, much like a bird of prey,
Doth seize on Rose, as mention'd in the Play :

Bullock, her brother, with sagicious gloom,
Says, Ruose, he'll list thee — come away, come come.

   
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