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James Holland

A Canal, Venice

1800–1870
graphite and watercolor, heightened with white on buff paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Opaque watercolor, also called gouache, or bodycolor, is watercolor paint made opaque with the addition of chalk, white pigment, or white paint.

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