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Second Cataract of the Nile

Artist John Beasley Greene (American, born France, 1832 - 1856)
Date1854-1855
MediumWaxed paper negative with pigment
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 12 1/16 inches (23.97 × 30.64 cm)
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 12 3/16 inches (24.29 × 30.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jay H. McDonald
Object number2025.93.8
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
DescriptionImage of a landscape with rocky islands and dark expanses of water.
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