‘Nearly Erased From History’: This Famous Sculpture Of Cleopatra Disappeared For Over 100 Years.

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‘Nearly Erased From History’: This Famous Sculpture Of Cleopatra Disappeared For Over 100 Years. It Was Being Used As The Gravestone Of A Horse

By Braden Bjella

Edmonia Lewis' 1876 sculpture The Death of Cleopatra received critical acclaim, but the work of art — and the artist herself — were then forgotten for over a century.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/death-of-cleopatra-sculpture

More information about Edmonia Lewis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Lewis

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