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Fable by Thomas Bewick — VisualArtsDB

Fable

Fable

1773–1828

Medium: Woodcut on paper
Dimensions: Image: 5.3 × 7.8 cm (2 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 7.3 × 10.3 cm (2 7/8 × 4 1/16 in.)
Genre: wood engraving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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wood engravingprintingprintprints and drawingwoodcut (process)paper (fiber product)

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