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Tubal Confronting Shylock, from "Merchant of Venice" by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

Tubal Confronting Shylock, from "Merchant of Venice"

Tubal Confronting Shylock, from "Merchant of Venice"

Washington Allston

1830–1839

Medium: Brown ink on thin off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 18.3 x 19.7 cm (7 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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