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Sheich Ibrahim and His Visitors (from "Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments")
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Wood engraving
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of William S. Lieberman 2005
Title: Sheich Ibrahim and His Visitors (from "Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments")
Description:
Wood engraving.
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