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English: Gathering Ferns. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 1 July 1871.
Photograph of a page marked "The Illustrated London News, July 1, 1871.-699" to the right of the image. "Gathering Ferns" (title printed below image). Signed H. Paterson (maiden name of Helen Paterson Allingham).
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