Chris Orr RA, Sur l'éducation du crocodile (the Great Gillray), 1997.
Counterproof and direct etching. 574 mm x 863 mm. © Chris Orr RA. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
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Sur l'éducation du crocodile (the Great Gillray), 1997
Chris Orr RA (b. 1943)
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