Port Scene

Title	Port Scene
Artist	Pierre Moreau
Date	ca. 1760 18th century
Medium	Etching
Classification	Prints
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

About this artwork

“Port Scene” is a work by Pierre Moreau, dated ca. 1760. It is executed in etching and classified as prints. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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