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Head of Dido, for "Dido and Anna" by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

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Head of Dido, for "Dido and Anna"

Head of Dido, for "Dido and Anna"

Head of Dido, for "Dido and Anna"

Washington Allston

1808

Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 10.4 x 12.3 cm (4 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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