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"What I Once Was" by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

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"What I Once Was"

"What I Once Was"

"What I Once Was"

James McNeill Whistler

1844–1854

Medium: Brown ink on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 12 x 7.5 cm (4 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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