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Henry Fuseli

Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)

1761/1825 (recto); 1770/80 (verso)
Black chalk (recto), and black and white chalk on gray prepared ground (verso), on tan wove paper
40.5 × 28.8 cm (15.9 × 11.3 in)

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