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Man Shot from a Canon by James Abbott McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

Man Shot from a Canon

Man Shot from a Canon

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

1844–1854

Medium: Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 7.5 x 10 cm (2 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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