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Jacob Wilhelm Mechau

Literary Illustration: Gentleman and Kneeling Gardener

n.d.
Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on card, laid down on cream wove paper
9.2 × 5.6 cm (3.6 × 2.2 in)

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