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Demetrius and Chiron standing on the left, with the Moor Aaron, having discovered that the bastard son of Aaron and the brothers' mother has dark skin, draw their swords to kill the infant, while the Nurse who sits with the child on the right remonstrates with them, telling them that the mother wishes him to live. 1793 Etching and engraving
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