A Column of Oriental Travelers Scattered by a Dust Storm (The Israelites Passing through the Wilderness Preceded by the Pillar of Clouds)
1820–40
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk
18.6 × 26 cm (7.3 × 10.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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