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Female Head, for "Miriam the Prophetess" by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

Female Head, for "Miriam the Prophetess"

Female Head, for "Miriam the Prophetess"

Washington Allston

1821

Medium: Black and white chalk on blue wove paper
Dimensions: 28.3 x 28.2 cm (11 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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