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Shipwreck by Charles Meryon — VisualArtsDB

Shipwreck

Shipwreck

1839–1868

Medium: Graphite with smudging, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 10 × 20 cm (3 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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