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Sir John Everett Millais

Study for the Head of the Rescuing Lover in Escape of the Heretic

1857
Graphite and red chalk, on cream wove paper (discolored from ivory) laid down on ivory
25.3 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7.5 in)

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