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Soldier Pointing at Obelisk - Image 1
Soldier Pointing at Obelisk - Image 2
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Johann Georg Wille, Charles Parrocel, and others

Soldier Pointing at Obelisk

1747-1757

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Soldier Pointing at Obelisk

1747-1757

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 212 x 158 mm. (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.) Plate: 187 x 143 mm. (7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.) Image: 164 x 126 mm. (6 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.813
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper right, in plate "7"; below image, lower left, in plate "Parrocel in"; below image, lower right, in plate "Will fe"; below image, lower left, in graphite "LB80"

Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett

Artist

Johann Georg Wille

1714–1807

German, 1715-1808
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Artist

Charles Parrocel

1687–1751

French, 1688-1752
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Publisher

Johann Georg Wille

1714–1807

German, 1715-1808
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