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Design for an Arch by John Ruskin — VisualArtsDB

Design for an Arch

Design for an Arch

1839–1900

Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 30.5 × 22.4 cm (12 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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