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Reading, 1822. Lithograph on off-white wove paper.
Lithograph on off-white wove paper · Image: 18.5 × 14.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Reading
- Artist
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon French, 1758-1823
- Date
- 1822
- Medium
- Lithograph on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 18.5 × 14.8 cm (7 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 21.8 cm (10 7/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- John H. Wrenn Memorial Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1758–1823
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.