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Flying Figures, for "Fairies on the Seashore..." by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

Flying Figures, for "Fairies on the Seashore..."

Flying Figures, for "Fairies on the Seashore..."

Washington Allston

1829–1833

Medium: Black ink on off-white laid paper
Dimensions: 18 x 13.3 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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Joined to 8.1955.136 with tissue; they are two halves of the same sheet, torn vertically.

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