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Horse; verso: Profile Head by Sanford Robinson Gifford — VisualArtsDB

Horse; verso: Profile Head

Sanford Robinson Gifford

1845–1847

Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 5.6 x 9.4 cm (2 3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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The horse on the recto is drawn upside-down. The head on the verso is drawn with a vertical orientation.

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