Silverpoint

Samuel Palmer

A Cloaked Figure Passing Through the Street (at the Time of the Plague in London)

published December 1, 1861 · Etching on paper · Image: 13.7 × 18.4 cm (5 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 10.3 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.3 × 13.6 cm (8 × 5 3/8 in.)

A Cloaked Figure Passing Through the Street (at the Time of the Plague in London), Palmer, published December 1, 1861
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Palmer, A Cloaked Figure Passing Through the Street (at the Time of the Plague in London), published December 1, 1861. Etching on paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · The Charles Deering Collection

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