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Life and Death Contrasted - or, An Essay on Woman
Life and Death Contrasted - or, An Essay on Woman

Life and Death Contrasted - or, An Essay on Woman

Artist
Artist (British, 1752 - 1814)
Date1794
Mediumhand-coloured etching on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 35 × 24.7 cm (13 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints and Drawings
Credit LineGift of the Trier-Fodor Foundation, 1989
Terms
  • Prints
  • etchings
Object number89/7
Status
Not on view
Exhibition HistoryThe Transformative Power of Art, Gelber and Elliott Galleries, July 1, 2005 - February 5, 2006 (NOTE: displayed for period October 11, 2005 - February 5, 2006 only); Vanity of Vanities:Caricatures of French and English Fashions from the 1760's to the 1820's:July 20-Oct.20, 1996, Fodor Gallery, AGO
Exhibitions
The Transformative Power of Art
Period18th Century
Primary MakerBritish
Death and Life Contrasted - or, An Essay on Man
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1794
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