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Spanish Chestnut by John Ruskin — VisualArtsDB

Spanish Chestnut

Spanish Chestnut

1839–1900

Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove card
Dimensions: 24 × 30.1 cm (9 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.)
Genre: watercolor
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)paintgraphiteinkprints and drawingcolored inkbrown inkwatercolorwater-base paint

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