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Opening the Fold by Samuel Palmer — VisualArtsDB

Opening the Fold

Opening the Fold

1825–1881

Medium: Etching in black on paper
Dimensions: Image: 11.9 × 17.7 cm (4 11/16 × 7 in.); Plate: 19 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 36 cm (10 7/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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