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Homer, plate one from Drawings for The Iliad by Meriden Gravure Company — VisualArtsDB

Homer, plate one from Drawings for The Iliad

Homer, plate one from Drawings for The Iliad

Meriden Gravure Company

1962

Medium: Lithograph on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 47 × 36 cm (18 9/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 66 × 51 cm (26 × 20 1/8 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph

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