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The Pigs Possessed by James Gillray — VisualArtsDB

The Pigs Possessed

The Pigs Possessed

1807

Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 39 × 29 cm (15 3/8 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 30 cm (16 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 34.2 cm (17 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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