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Artist and engraver Charles Hutin French
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Plate 1 of a series of designs for tombs. This design features a pyramid in front of an arched niche. In the pyramid is a niche for the bust of a man. Under this bust is a tablet with a garland and a skull. The angel sitting on the sarcophagus is writing on this tablet but not looking at it. On the ground on the right is a flaming torch.
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Title: Tombs, Plate 1
Artist and engraver:
Charles Hutin (French, Paris 1715–1776 Dresden)
Date: 1764
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 13/16 in. (22.2 × 14.8 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number: 53.600.40(1)
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