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James McNeill Whistler

La Marchande de Moutarde (The Mustard Seller)

1858
Etching with foul biting in black ink on off-white China paper laid down on off-white wove paper, chine collé
15.7 × 8.9 cm (6.2 × 3.5 in)

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