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The Ermine Coat by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

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The Ermine Coat

The Ermine Coat

The Ermine Coat

James McNeill Whistler

1870

Medium: Chalk and pastel on brown paper
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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