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Print, Peep-show, 21e Vue d/Optique Representant Prospectus Purfleet ad Tamesim in Comitatu Essex/Le Purfleet Sur la Tamise Dans le Comté d'Essex

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Edith Wharton and Edith Wharton. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Edward R. Wharton.

Its dimensions are

24.9 × 39.6 cm (9 13/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

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Print, Peep-show, 21e Vue d/Optique Representant Prospectus Purfleet ad Tamesim in Comitatu Essex/Le Purfleet Sur la Tamise Dans le Comté d'Essex; France; engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page; 24.9 × 39.6 cm (9 13/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Edward R. Wharton; 1901-30-36

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