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Counsel of War by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

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Counsel of War

Counsel of War

Counsel of War

James McNeill Whistler

1844–1854

Medium: Black and brown ink on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 6.6 x 13 cm (2 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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