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James McNeill Whistler

The Kitchen

[1858] republished 1885
Etching with drypoint cancellation lines; from the cancelled plate (Glasgow); black ink on pale green laid paper with unread letters watermark
22.5 × 15.6 cm (8.9 × 6.1 in)

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