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A black and white etching featuring a robed man gesturing from a pedestal toward a crowd. In the foreground, people surround reclining and seated figures near classical architecture. Above, a beam of light descends from clouds filled with ethereal, celestial figures.
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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Maker Unknown
Datec. 1880
MediumEtching
Dimensionssheet: 17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm)
image: 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 in. (21 x 14.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Jane and R. Paul Larkin
Object number1992.1.63
Collections
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