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Jean Baptiste Huet

The Inauguration of The Port of Cherbourg by Louis XVI (Furnishing Fabric)

c. 1787
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
201.6 × 93.4 cm (79.4 × 36.8 in)

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