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The Child Magnetized by the Nurse, for "The Turn of the Screw" by John La Farge — VisualArtsDB

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The Child Magnetized by the Nurse, for "The Turn of the Screw"

The Child Magnetized by the Nurse, for "The Turn of the Screw"

The Child Magnetized by the Nurse, for "The Turn of the Screw"

1898

Medium: Watercolor, black ink and white gouache on off-white card
Dimensions: 24.3 x 54.2 cm (9 9/16 x 21 5/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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The support is composed of three joined sheets: the center panel and each wing.

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