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Carl Russ

Tecmessa, Her Son and Teucer Lamenting the Dead Ajax

1809
Etching and aquatint in black on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
17.8 × 20.9 cm (7 × 8.2 in)

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