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The Age of Intellect by George Cruikshank — VisualArtsDB

The Age of Intellect

The Age of Intellect

George Cruikshank

1828

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: chine collé: 24 × 32.2 cm (9 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.) plate: 27.6 × 37.7 cm (10 7/8 × 14 13/16 in.) sheet: 32.2 × 41.8 cm (12 11/16 × 16 7/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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british

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