Der Tod als Feind (Death as Enemy: The Cholera Making its First Appearance at a Masquerade at Paris 1831)

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Der Tod als Feind (Death as Enemy: The Cholera Making its First Appearance at a Masquerade at Paris 1831)
Der Tod als Feind (Death as Enemy: The Cholera Making its First Appearance at a Masquerade at Paris 1831)
Der Tod als Feind (Death as Enemy: The Cholera Making its First Appearance at a Masquerade at Paris 1831)

Der Tod als Feind (Death as Enemy: The Cholera Making its First Appearance at a Masquerade at Paris 1831)

Maker (b. 1816, Diepenbend, Prussia – d. 1859 Dusseldorf, Germany)
Date1847
MediumWoodcut
Dimensionssheet: 13 1/8 in. x 11 1/2 in. (33.3 cm x 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William F. Stearns
Object number1989.26
Status
Not on view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
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