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Sketch for a Funeral Monument by John Bacon, the elder — VisualArtsDB

Sketch for a Funeral Monument

Sketch for a Funeral Monument

John Bacon, the elder

1760–1799

Medium: Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 16.6 × 14.6 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteinkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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