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Charles Meryon

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866
Etching with drypoint in warm black with monogram printed à la poupée in red on ivory laid paper
9.4 × 7.4 cm (3.7 × 2.9 in)

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