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Michigan Avenue at the Foot of Madison Street, Chicago, with a view of the Illinois Central Station in the Year 1864

A work made of aquatint and etching in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of aquatint and etching in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper.

Date:

published December 1926 (1864 depicted)

Artist:

Raoul Varin
French, 1865-1943

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Raoul Varin

Title

Michigan Avenue at the Foot of Madison Street, Chicago, with a view of the Illinois Central Station in the Year 1864

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1926

Medium

Aquatint and etching in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 39.3 × 54.6 cm (15 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.); Plate: 45.1 × 58.4 cm (17 13/16 × 23 in.); Sheet: 55.3 × 70.5 cm (21 13/16 × 27 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ernest Byfield

Reference Number

1928.137

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