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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond

mid-18th–early 19th century
Black chalk or graphite; framing lines in black chalk or graphite
20.1 × 32.4 cm (7.9 × 12.8 in)

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