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Carl Wilhelm Weisbrod, An imaginary antique port, 1771.
Etching and engraving. 140 mm x 198 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Carl Wilhelm Weisbrod (1743 - ca. 1806)
RA Collection: Art
140 mm x 198 mm
Recueil D'Estampes Gravées D'Après Les Tableaux du Cabinet De Monseigneur Le Duc De Choiseul par les soins du Sr. Basan - A Paris
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Balthasar Anton Dunker
Architectural capriccio of the Pantheon of Agrippa and Port of Ripetta, 1761
Etching and engraving
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