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Etching of a winged stone chimera on a pier above a cathedral roof, with a gargoyle spout and distant rooftops.

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An etching titled The Chimera of Amiens by David Young Cameron, dated 1910, shows a winged stone chimera perched on a masonry pier above a cathedral roof. Below, a gargoyle spout projects over a sloping lead roof while a flat plain with rooftops and trees stretches to the horizon, framed within an oval.

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1910

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Public domain

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