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Samuel Howett

Siberian Exiles Shooting Wild Reindeer (recto); Shell (verso)

n.d.
Pen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over graphite (recto), and print (verso), on ivory wove paper
14.5 × 19.8 cm (5.7 × 7.8 in)

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