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Augustus Charles Pugin

Study for Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, Somerset House, from Microcosm of London (recto); Study for Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, Somerset House, from Microcosm of London

c. 1808
Graphite (recto and verso) on cream wove paper
21.2 × 27.5 cm (8.3 × 10.8 in)

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