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Merganser by John Ruskin — VisualArtsDB

Merganser

Merganser

1890

Medium: Watercolor, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 18.2 × 23.2 cm (7 3/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Genre: watercolor
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)paintgraphiteprints and drawingwatercolorpaper (fiber product)water-base paint

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