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Wenceslaus Hollar

Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London, seen from the East

1656–58
Pen and brown ink and brown and gray wash over black chalk, squared in black chalk, and incised
17.7 × 22.4 cm (7 × 8.8 in)

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