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Head of an Eagle by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Head of an Eagle

Head of an Eagle

John Singer Sargent

Medium: Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions: actual: 20 x 13.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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Study for "The Winds", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Sketchbook ("1912--Spain"): Birds and Figure Studies

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