DETAILS
- Artist
- William James Bennett
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- Aquatint
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 11-5/8 x 15-3/8 in. (29.5 x 39.1 cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
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