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The Death of Oedipus (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, lines 1606-1628)

William Ward, 1785

MEDIUMMezzotint; scratched letter state
DIMENSIONSPlate: 19 3/8 × 21 13/16 in. (49.2 × 55.4 cm)
LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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