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The Pillar of Salt by Thomas Rowlandson — VisualArtsDB

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The Pillar of Salt

The Pillar of Salt

The Pillar of Salt

Thomas Rowlandson

1805

Medium: Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 37 × 26 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet, trimmed to platemark: 42 × 31 cm (16 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Genre: Etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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