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Johann Daniel Preissler

Design for "Orthographia" pl.8

late 17th–mid-18th century
Pen and brown and gray ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk. Inlayed on paper mount with green and black framing lines.
15.6 × 28.3 cm (6.1 × 11.1 in)

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