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Death the Strangler, The First Outbreak of Cholera at a Masked Ball in Paris, 1831

A work made of woodcut on cream wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of woodcut on cream wove paper.

Date:

1851

Artist:

Alfred Rethel
German, 1816-1859

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Alfred Rethel

Title

Death the Strangler, The First Outbreak of Cholera at a Masked Ball in Paris, 1831

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1851

Medium

Woodcut on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 30.8 × 27.4 cm (12 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Sheet: 42.8 × 31.5 cm (16 7/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.458

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