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Title	Piece
Date	ca. 1829 19th century
Medium	Cotton engraved roller-printed
Origin	British British
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of William Sloane Coffin, 1926
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Ornithological plates

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