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Lily-Pad Design, for Boston Public Library by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

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Lily-Pad Design, for Boston Public Library

Lily-Pad Design, for Boston Public Library

Lily-Pad Design, for Boston Public Library

John Singer Sargent

Medium: Graphite on oiled buff laid paper
Dimensions: 25.8 x 42.6 cm (10 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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The drawing is affixed to the recto of the page. There are remnants of gold paint at the right edges of the drawing.

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