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The Story of Niobe
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Engraving; first state (inscription of last stanza has been covered with a sheet of paper with the correct stanza inscribed in brown ink)
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1962
Title: The Story of Niobe
Description:
Engraving; first state (inscription of last stanza has been covered with a sheet of paper with the correct stanza inscribed in brown ink).
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