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Bust of Old Man by Samuel Shelley — VisualArtsDB

Bust of Old Man

Bust of Old Man

1776–1808

Medium: Pen and brown ink, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 10.2 × 8.3 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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