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Print, The Dead Caesar

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean-Léon Gérôme. It is dated ca. 1870. Its medium is etching in black ink on cream colored paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Samuel P. Avery. It is credited Gift of Samuel P. Avery.

Its dimensions are

21 × 29 cm (8 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate in reverse, lower right: "J. Gerome"

Cite this object as

Print, The Dead Caesar; Print Maker: Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824 - 1904); France; etching in black ink on cream colored paper; 21 × 29 cm (8 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.); Gift of Samuel P. Avery; 1898-6-39

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