The Light of the World
1860 · Line and stipple engraving on ivory chine mounted on off-white plate paper
Chine: 90.1 × 51.2 cm (35 1/2 × 20 3/16 in.); Sheet; sight: 102 × 63.5 cm (40 3/16 × 25 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Will Simmons
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- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional90%
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Will Simmons was an American painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His father was the painter and muralist Edward Emerson Simmons, one of the famous group called Ten American Painters.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
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