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Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania by Charles Meryon — VisualArtsDB

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866

Medium: Graphite on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 15.6 × 11.4 cm (6 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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