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Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

1758–1820

Medium: Pen and brown ink, on gray laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card
Dimensions: 20.6 × 20.4 cm (8 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman by Benjamin West — VisualArtsDB