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Head of a Young Woman with Hair Braided on Top of her Head by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

Head of a Young Woman with Hair Braided on Top of her Head

Head of a Young Woman with Hair Braided on Top of her Head

Washington Allston

1826–1836

Medium: Black and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions: 18.1 x 14.1 cm (7 1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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