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Abel Schlicht

Subterranean Jail for the Stage

1788
etching and aquatint

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Since none of his stage sets survive, Abel Schlicht’s prints serve as records of his lost designs.

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