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Will Hicock Low

Tail-Peice - The History of the Book

c. 1888
Charcoal, with black ink, heightened with touches of white gouache, on cream wood-pulp laminate board (discolored to tan)
22.6 × 35.9 cm (8.9 × 14.1 in)

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