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A Hero Born on a Bier, from The Master of Giants Portfolio

A work made of brush and black ink wash, with pen and black ink and opaque white and gray watercolor, on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of brush and black ink wash, with pen and black ink and opaque white and gray watercolor, on cream laid paper.

Date:

1779

Artist:

Prince Hoare
British, 1755-1834

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Prince Hoare

Title

A Hero Born on a Bier, from The Master of Giants Portfolio

Place

Great Britain (Artist's nationality:)

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1779

Medium

Brush and black ink wash, with pen and black ink and opaque white and gray watercolor, on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed, verso: "22"

Dimensions

38 × 56.5 cm (15 × 22 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Suzanne Searle Dixon Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2023.3179

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