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Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, James Barry

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life (museum title)

James Barry (Irish) (1741-1806)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
1791
Medium
Etching, engraving
Dimensions
41.5 × 50.4 cm
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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