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Robert Charles Dudley

The Great Eastern Weighing Anchor Off the Maplin Sands at the Nore, July 15, 1865

1865–66
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
22.3 × 15.7 cm (8.8 × 6.2 in)

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