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James McNeill Whistler

Hussar (recto) Man with a Top Hat and Bandaged Head (verso)

1854/55
Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove paper
13.6 × 7.8 cm (5.4 × 3.1 in)

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