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San Francisco, Study by Charles Meryon — VisualArtsDB

San Francisco, Study

San Francisco, Study

1855–1856

Medium: Graphite on ivory wove tissue, hinged to ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 20.9 × 26 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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