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- Title:
Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece
- Date:
- 1794
- Medium:
- Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm), Plate: 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches (23.2 x 16.8 cm), Spine: 15 3/8 inches (39.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite center: "1"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.4(1)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | compass | men | nudes | religious and mythological subject | sun
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3878
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