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Samuel Howett

Seamen on the Whale Fishery Killing a Polar Bear (recto); Shell (verso)

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over graphite (recto), and print (verso), on ivory wove paper
14.2 × 19.8 cm (5.6 × 7.8 in)

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