PrintsFrench19th century
The Spirits of Dead Cities
1886
Artists
Félix Hilaire BuhotArtist
Description
The gold border was printed from a separate plate.
Dimensions
image (without border): 28.8 × 39 cm (11 5/16 × 15 3/8 in.) image (with border): 33.7 × 44.6 cm (13 1/4 × 17 9/16 in.) sheet: 35.2 × 55.2 cm (13 7/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA, gift of his estate; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
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