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James Asperne

Also known as: James Asperne; primary name: Asperne, James
Details: individual; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: 1757-1820
Address: 32 Cornhill, London (in 1803-21) (sometimes with the addition of the name 'The Bible, Crown and Constitution')
Biography: Bookseller and publisher, proprietor of the European Magazine after succeeding to John Sewell (q.v.) in 1803 (see prints published in 1803, 1875,0710.5327 in particular). His executors continued to publish prints under his name after his death. Label in Heal Collection (Heal,17.4) advertises "Asperne, Bookseller, No.32, Cornhill, Successor to Mr. Sewell." Bill-head in Banks Collection (D,2.446) states "Bought of James Asperne, Bookseller. Successor to Mr. Sewell. Publisher of the European Magazine." The bill is dated 1806.

544 related objects

print; satirical print

Title: Buonaparte sends a flag of truce & at the same instant commences an assault on Acre. |
Museum number: 1866,0407.985 |
Producer name: After:Sir Robert Ker PorterPublished by:John Hatchard |
Production date: 1803

print

Title: Mr James Asperne Bookseller, Cornhill |
Museum number: 1852,1009.563 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1814-1820

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr Henry Greathead of South Shields, the inventor of the life boat |
Museum number: 1875,1211.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1804

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sir Samuel Hood K.B K.S.F |
Museum number: K,67.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPrint made by:William Holl (the Elder) |
Production date: 1807

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Colonel Herries |
Museum number: 1865,0708.729 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:John James Halls |
Production date: 1817

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lieut. General Sir John Stuart. |
Museum number: K,68.150 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Richard CookAfter:William Wood |
Production date: 1810

print

Title: Mr James Asperne Bookseller, Cornhill |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1814-1820

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Beeston Long Esq,,r |
Museum number: 1865,0708.743 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:William Owen |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1868,0822.5133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenPrint made by:John Girtin |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Honourable / Lord Ellenborough |
Museum number: 1920,1211.571 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Warlies Park, Essex |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5320 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Waltham Abbey |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.27.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Richard Reynolds Esqre |
Museum number: Y,3.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:Samuel Percy |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: West Gate Southampton |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5307 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sir Wm. Staines Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London 1801 |
Museum number: Y,6.84 |
Producer name: After:Sir William BeecheyPrint made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1800-1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rendlesham House, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5305 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Right Honble Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1865,0520.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Master Betty, the Young Roscius in the character of Douglas, |
Museum number: K,239.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Bacon Esqr. F.A.S. |
Museum number: 1867,1109.1.3226 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Miss Elizabeth Smith |
Museum number: 1933,1014.544 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:John George Wood |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Crespigny |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5747 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Emma Smith |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Bacon Esqr. F.A.S. |
Museum number: 1865,0114.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Enborn Church near Newbury, Berks |
Museum number: 1875,1211.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Museum number: 1880,1113.3764 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Enborn Church near Newbury, Berks |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5357 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Hotel St,, Martins Street, Leicester Fields. |
Museum number: K,58.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:C LacyAfter:Edward Meredith |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Tan-y-Ralt, North Wales |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5312 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Honourable John Thomas Thorp |
Museum number: 1873,0712.764 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Charles Dibdin Esqre |
Museum number: 1865,0708.711 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Robert William Satchwell |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece; newspaper/periodical

Title: Group in honour of the Marquis of Wellesley to be erected at Bombay |
Museum number: 2006,U.775 |
Producer name: After:John BaconIntermediary draughtsman:James Stephanoff |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: York (from St. George's fields) |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1537 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:J Hornsey |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: View of the Cock & Pie Public House &c in Drury Lane |
Museum number: Heal,Topography.259 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr W. C. Macread of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden |
Museum number: 1933,1014.514 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Oswestry Church, Shropshire |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5288 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sir John Silvester, Bart. |
Museum number: K,68.132 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lord Lake. |
Museum number: K,67.262 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A House in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, the last residence of Dr Johnson |
Museum number: K,61.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:George Shepherd |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lieutenant General (The Right Honble Sir Arthur Wellesley KB) |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5124 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPrint made by:Thomas Blood |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1958,1006.2741 |
Producer name: BIOG83234 Published by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Ralph Walker |
Museum number: 1865,0114.634 |
Producer name: After:Henry EdridgePrint made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr Thomas Clark, late of Exeter Change, Strand |
Museum number: 1870,0813.136 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:William Findlater |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: S. T. Coleridge, Esqre. |
Museum number: 1865,0708.704 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr Young of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden |
Museum number: K,66.196 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:George Henry Harlow |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Capt.n W. E. Parry R.N. Commander of the Polar Expedition 1819-20. |
Museum number: 1865,0708.752 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr Percy, Bishop of Dromore |
Museum number: K,63.29 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honourable John Atkins |
Museum number: 1935,0522.8.23.c |
Producer name: BIOG83234 Published by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Title: The city of London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street |
Museum number: 1880,1113.3899 |
Producer name: After:George ShepherdPrint made by:Samuel Rawle |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Honourable / Lord Eldon / Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. |
Museum number: 1865,0708.716 |
Producer name: Print made by:Col Thomas BloodAfter:Charles Picart |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr Lettsom's Fountain Cottage, Camberwell Grove, Surry [sic] |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5331 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Thomas Dibdin Esqr. |
Museum number: K,59.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: P. Turnerelli Esqr. Sculptor to their late Majesties and the Royal Family, &c. & c. &c. |
Museum number: 1865,0708.767 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Capt.n W. Rogers |
Museum number: 1852,1009.664 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodPrint made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Schank Esqr. R.N. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.147 |
Producer name: BIOG83234 Published by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Grosmont Castle |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5301 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lieutenant General (The Right Honble Sir Arthur Wellesley KB) |
Museum number: Y,3.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPrint made by:Thomas Blood |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Honourable Lord Erskine |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.18.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The entrance to a Jews synagogue in Leadenhall Street, formerly Bricklayers Hall |
Museum number: Heal,Topography.281 |
Producer name: After:John NixonPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1900,0824.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Rev.d Richard Yates D.D. |
Museum number: 1865,0708.774 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The funeral car of the late Lord Viscount Nelson |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.23.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Earl of Harrington |
Museum number: 1865,0520.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:Samuel Rawle |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Honble.. Claudius Stephen Hunter, |
Museum number: J,4.276 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr William Dowton of the Theatre Drury Lane |
Museum number: K,59.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Black Gang Chine |
Museum number: 1931,0909.484 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: St Paul's School |
Museum number: 1880,0911.971 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Francis Chalie Esqr. |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.344 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1871,0610.636 |
Producer name: After:Arthur William DevisPrint made by:Edward Scriven |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: D,2.446 |
Producer name: BIOG43180 Print made by:Samuel Rawle |
Production date: 1806

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Maria Luisa, Arch-duchess of Austria |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5756 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Grocers Hall |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5243 |
Producer name: After:George ShepherdPrint made by:C Lacy |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sessions house, old bailey |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5247 |
Producer name: After:George ShepherdPrint made by:C Lacy |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Monument Erected in the Guildhall of the City of London to the Memory of the late Right Honourable W |
Museum number: K,68.62 |
Producer name: After:George BubbPrint made by:George Cooke |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sally-Port in the N.W. Angle of Rochester Castle, Kent |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5266 |
Producer name: After:Thomas FisherPrint made by:Samuel Rawle |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Title: Monument erected in St Paul's Cathedral to the Memory of Marquis Cornwallis |
Museum number: 1865,0708.706 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyAfter:Charles John Felix Rossi |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Museum number: 1880,0911.728 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Return from an Invasion. or, Napoleone at a Nonplus |
Museum number: 1948,0214.670 |
Producer name: Print made by:John NixonPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: View of Dr. Johnson's Willow, with St. Chads near Lichfield |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5356 |
Producer name: Published by:James AspernePrint made by:Samuel Rawle |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Revd George Crabbe LLB |
Museum number: 1935,0522.8.22.c |
Producer name: BIOG83234 Published by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Bank of England, Lothbury Court |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5286 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr James Brindley |
Museum number: K,67.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CondéAfter:Francis Parsons |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Hon.ble Claudius Stephen Hunter. |
Museum number: 1865,0708.734 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Title: Shrewsbury Abbey. |
Museum number: K,58.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr. De Valangin. |
Museum number: 1834,0804.26 |
Producer name: After:Lemuel Francis AbbottPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Honourable John Philpot Curran &c &c &c |
Museum number: 1889,0409.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Gregory M.D. |
Museum number: 1889,0409.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Francis Cotes |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Treef Castle |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5328 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:Augustus Toussaint |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rear Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. K.B. |
Museum number: K,67.253 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPrint made by:Thomas Blood |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Maria Luisa, Arch-duchess of Austria |
Museum number: 1928,1210.377 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece; newspaper/periodical

Title: Group in honour of the Marquis of Wellesley to be erected at Bombay |
Museum number: 2006,U.773 |
Producer name: After:John BaconIntermediary draughtsman:James Stephanoff |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Caleb Whitefoord, Esqre. |
Museum number: Ee,4.160 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peter CondéAfter:Richard Cosway |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dartford Nunnery, Kent |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Lord BusbyAfter:Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Entrance to the peak Cavern, Derbyshire |
Museum number: 1931,0909.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A View of the House in which the late Mr Barry resided, in Castle St, Oxford Road |
Museum number: 1937,0729.214 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Crespigny |
Museum number: 1875,1211.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Emma Smith |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Return from an Invasion. or, Napoleone at a Nonplus |
Museum number: 1985,0119.378 |
Producer name: Print made by:John NixonPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A View of the House in which the late Mr Barry resided, in Castle St, Oxford Road |
Museum number: 1867,0112.127 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: K,64.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenPrint made by:John Girtin |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: The Alto Relievo in the front of the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall |
Museum number: K,64.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Frederick William the third. King of Prussia |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5748 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Johann Friedrich Bolt |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mont Guet, Guernsey |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5322 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:James Asperne |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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