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The Angelic Guards

James Barry and Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi

The Angelic Guards

1796-1806

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The Angelic Guards

1796-1806

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 1012 × 687 mm. (39 13/16 × 27 1/16 in.) Plate: 751 × 498 mm. (29 9/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.2870.13
After Barry's mural series 'The Progress of Human Culture' for the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce in Adelphi, 1777-1784; now in the Royal Society of Art, London.
Pressly, William L., The Life and Art of James Barry, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981, no. 34 p. 279, ill. plate 133.

Signed: 1

Markings: None

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