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Caesarea Philippi (Banias) by Harry Fenn

Caesarea Philippi (Banias)

Harry Fenn · 1845

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DETAILS
Artist
Harry Fenn
Date
1845
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, brown ink, and graphite on light brown wove paper
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
12 11/16 x 20 5/8 in. (32.2 x 52.4 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Maria DeWitt Jesup and Morris K. Jesup Funds, 1980
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Harry Fenn

Harry Fenn was an English-born American illustrator, celebrated for his detailed landscape engravings in monumental publications like *Picturesque America*.

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