Art Institute of Chicago
Allegory of History
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Pen and black ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 85114
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- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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