Art Institute of Chicago
The Bird in Yonder Cage Confined (valentine)
Unknown Artist
- Date
- c. 1850
- Medium
- Lithograph with hand-coloring on embossed off-white wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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