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Deer (recto); Skull of Giraffe (verso) by Edwin Henry Landseer — VisualArtsDB

Deer (recto); Skull of Giraffe (verso)

Deer (recto); Skull of Giraffe (verso)

Edwin Henry Landseer

1822–1885

Medium: Black chalk (recto), and graphite (verso), on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 22.9 × 17.1 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk sticksprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)

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