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A View of Chester by John Varley — VisualArtsDB

A View of Chester

A View of Chester

1836

Medium: Watercolor, reinforced in places with gum, over graphite on card.
Dimensions: 125 x 179 mm
Genre: Drawing
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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