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1961

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2025

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Peep-show Print, Peep-show Section: Meetin, ca. 1750

This is a Peep-show print. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is hand-colored etching, with engraving support: white laid paper laid down on thick gray paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Hamill & Barker. It is credited Gift of Hamill and Barker.

Its dimensions are

17 x 20.7 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

inscribed in plate at top center: l0[---]; at lower margin: I. Wachsmuth inv. et del. C. Priv. S. Caes. Maj. Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A.V.

Cite this object as

Peep-show Print, Peep-show Section: Meetin, ca. 1750; Germany; hand-colored etching, with engraving support: white laid paper laid down on thick gray paper; 17 x 20.7 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-2-f

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