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Chimera, by Louis Jean Desprez

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An image of Chimera. Desprez, Louis Jean (French, 1743-1804). Etching, height, plate, 325 mm, width, plate, 381 mm. circa 1770. Production note: State before title.

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Chimera. Desprez, Louis Jean (French, 1743-1804). Etching, height, plate, 325 mm, width, plate, 381 mm. circa 1770. Production note: State before title.

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  • Accession Number: P.27-1993
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 867 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 290.05kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Captured: 2012:03:27 16:41:32

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18th Century beast chimera creature death Desprez devouring dying eating etching Fitz_PDP French heads hybrid Louis Jean Desprez monster monstrous mythical mythological mythology print Romanticism skeletal skeleton three-headed tunnel winged wings

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