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Benjamin West

Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

1801, published 1803
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in brown on cream wove paper
32.2 × 23 cm (12.7 × 9.1 in)

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