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Our Butcher by John Leech — VisualArtsDB

Our Butcher

Our Butcher

1835–1845

Medium: Watercolor and pen and brown ink, with graphite, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 31.8 × 25.9 cm (12 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Genre: watercolor
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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