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Petitpierre et Cie

La Foire du Caire (The Cairo Fair)

1785–90
Cotton, copperplate printed
218.4 × 94 cm (86 × 37 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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