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Background Study by Sir David Wilkie — VisualArtsDB

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Ink or chalk wash
Background Study

Background Study

Background Study

Sir David Wilkie

1830–1850

Medium: Brush and brown wash heightened with white gouache over graphite, on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 25.6 × 35.8 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
Genre: Ink or chalk wash
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)paintgraphitegouachewashink or chalk washprints and drawingwatercolorpaper (fiber product)water-base paint

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