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A Tower of Cortez by Thomas Moran — VisualArtsDB

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A Tower of Cortez

A Tower of Cortez

A Tower of Cortez

1883

Medium: Etching, with roulette, on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Plate: 30 × 25 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 34.7 cm (15 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Genre: Etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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