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Pierre Lelu

A Bull and Two Sheep

n.d.
Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper
18.5 × 25.6 cm (7.3 × 10.1 in)

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For the third state of this print, Pierre Lélu darkened the animal hides further and burnished some white areas back into the plate, creating additional highlights.

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