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Portrait of John Ross Key by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

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Portrait of John Ross Key

Portrait of John Ross Key

Portrait of John Ross Key

James McNeill Whistler

1850

Medium: Crayon and white chalk on brown paper
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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