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Approaching Spring

A work made of etching on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching on ivory wove paper.

Date:

c. 1839

Artist:

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
German, 1807-1863

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer

Title

Approaching Spring

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1834–1844

Medium

Etching on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.2 × 18.3 cm (8 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 28.4 × 22.1 cm (11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 25.5 cm (13 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph Brooks Fair Endowment

Reference Number

1995.34

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