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    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Polyphemus Throwing Boulder at Acis, with Galatea (recto), and Pholyphemus Lifting Boulder (verso)
    John William Taverner. Polyphemus Throwing Boulder at Acis, with Galatea (recto), and Pholyphemus Lifting Boulder (verso), n.d.. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00004553

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    Polyphemus Throwing Boulder at Acis, with Galatea (recto), and Pholyphemus Lifting Boulder (verso)

    by John William Taverner

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    Artist
    John William Taverner / English, 1703-1772
    Date
    n.d.
    Medium
    Black chalk, and brush and gray wash (recto), and black chalk, and brush and brown wash (verso), on ivory laid paper
    Dimensions
    42.8 × 28.9 cm (16 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    chalk
    Place
    England
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
    Accession no.
    1922.1470

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