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Isis Instructing the Egyptians

A work made of etching, with plate tone, in black on tan wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching, with plate tone, in black on tan wove paper.

Date:

1809

Artist:

Carl Russ
Austrian, 1779-1843

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Carl Russ

Title

Isis Instructing the Egyptians

Place

Austria (Artist's nationality)

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1809

Medium

Etching, with plate tone, in black on tan wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 18.9 × 26.1 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 20.3 × 27.4 cm (8 × 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Endowment

Reference Number

1996.327

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