Sir William Chambers RA, Head of a River God - The Tyne, ca. 1780.
Line engraving. 204 mm x 153 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Head of a River God - The Tyne, ca. 1780
After Sir William Chambers RA (1723 - 1796)
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204 mm x 153 mm
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