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Ceiling Design: Truth Triumphant, with Prudence and Other

n.d.
Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash and touches of blue and yellow wash, over red chalk, on cream laid paper, tipped on cream wove paper
14.4 × 18.1 cm (5.7 × 7.1 in)

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