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Columbus Breaking the Egg by William Hogarth — VisualArtsDB

Columbus Breaking the Egg

Columbus Breaking the Egg

William Hogarth

1753

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 16.3 x 19.4 cm (6 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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british

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