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Going to the Races by William Heath — VisualArtsDB

Going to the Races

Going to the Races

1819

Medium: Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 23 × 33 cm (9 1/16 × 13 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 24.2 × 34 cm (9 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Genre: Etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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