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Thorns and Thistles by American Frederic Edwin Church — VisualArtsDB

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Thorns and Thistles

Thorns and Thistles

Thorns and Thistles

American Frederic Edwin Church

1840

Medium: Graphite on white paper
Genre: Nature studies
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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