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Richard Cooper, II

View of the Inside of the Amphitheatre of Vespasian at Rome (called the "Colosseo")

1779
Etching and aquatint in bistre (brownish-black) on ivory paper
40.2 × 52.5 cm (15.8 × 20.7 in)

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