Amusement du Sultan (The Amusement of the Sultan)

mezzotintprint

Date

1786

Medium

Mezzotint on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate/sheet: 37.6 × 48.5 cm (14 13/16 × 19 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 44.6 × 64.1 cm (17 9/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

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