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Prince Rasselas draws the fallen artist onto land

Rivers, C., active 1799-1804; Kirk, Thomas; Scatcherd and Letterman
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193294
Date
1806
Description
Illustration by Thomas Kirk for "The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia" by Samuel Johnson, depicting the Prince in a turban pulling a man with wings out of the water.
 
For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/587
 
Subject
riverbanks, Sails -- Aerodynamics, Men in art
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
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