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Mensuration, Problem VI by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

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Mensuration, Problem VI

Mensuration, Problem VI

Washington Allston

1792–1802

Medium: Brown ink on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: irregular: 23.6 x 19.2 cm (9 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.) framed: 48.6 × 38.4 × 3.8 cm (19 1/8 × 15 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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