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Seated Man Pointing Downwards (recto and verso) by Thomas Barker — VisualArtsDB

Seated Man Pointing Downwards (recto and verso)

Seated Man Pointing Downwards (recto and verso)

1789–1882

Medium: Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk (verso) on mauve wove paper
Dimensions: 14.8 × 24.3 cm (5 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkwhite chalkprints and drawingpaperstumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)wove paper

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