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A monochromatic print of a waterfront village. A building with a tall steeple rises above clustered houses along a rough shoreline, slightly reflecting in the calm water below.
Schwabel Weiss
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Schwabel Weiss

Artist Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856 - 1909)
Date1879
MediumEtching
Dimensionssheet: 6 1/16 x 11 7/8 in. (15.4 x 30.2 cm)
image: 3 1/8 x 8 3/16 in. (7.9 x 20.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Jane and R. Paul Larkin
Object number1992.1.77
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