Locomotion: Walking by Steam, Riding by Steam, Flying by Steam

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Artist: Robert Seymour
Date: 1825
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: sheet: 9 11/16 x 13 3/4 in. (24.6 x 35 cm)
Collection: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Paul Bird Jr., 1962

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