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Two trapeze artists swinging over a net hung high above the packed seats in the tent.
The Acrobats
Two trapeze artists swinging over a net hung high above the packed seats in the tent.
Two trapeze artists swinging over a net hung high above the packed seats in the tent.
The Acrobats, Dame Laura Knight, 1925, drypoint on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2019. All rights reserved.

The Acrobats

Artist (British, 1877 - 1970)
Date1925
Mediumdrypoint on paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Louise Cunningham Bowles.
Object number1949.9.4
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