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Study for William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" by Hubert François Gravelot — VisualArtsDB

Study for William Shakespeare's "The Tempest"

Study for William Shakespeare's "The Tempest"

Hubert François Gravelot

1734–1773

Medium: Graphite, with red chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 13.8 × 7.7 cm (5 7/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkchalk sticksgraphiteprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)red chalk

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