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Hand-coloured etching of people fleeing a swarm of insects through a colonnaded Egyptian city street rendered in deep perspective.

The Plague of Insects: Coloured Etching, c. 1775-1779

A hand-coloured etching of a crowded Egyptian city in strong perspective, with figures on horseback and on foot fleeing or swatting at a swarm in the streets. Classical colonnades frame the foreground while towers and domes recede into the distance, and German and French captions below name the fourth plague.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[1775/1779]
Medium
Perspective projections Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3088 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1779.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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