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Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Sketches of Men's Faces, Horses' Muzzles, and Mounted Soldiers

1813/14
Graphite and black crayon with pen and brown ink on tan wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
17.4 × 23 cm (6.9 × 9.1 in)

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