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August from Album of Rustic Subjects by Charles Jacque

August from Album of Rustic Subjects

Charles Jacque · 1859

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Artist
Charles Jacque
Date
1859
Medium
Wood engraving
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 5 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (12.9 × 22.7 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1927
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