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James Thornhill

Portrait of a Geographer, Wife, and Child

n.d.
Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
14.3 × 11.6 cm (5.6 × 4.6 in)

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