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English: Sir John Hare the actor, in his celebrated creation “A Pair of Spectacles”
Date series issued in 1902
Source An Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarette trade card, No.168 from the private collection of Mr. Paul Lang. It was also published before 1st January 1945, so as a it is a photograph, no copyright exists now in the country of origin. I hold the first publication rights (if any) to this image of his card and release it to the public domain.
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Comment: Used GIMP to remove some eye-catching blemishes, then cropped off rest of cigarette card.

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