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James McNeill Whistler

The Rag Gatherers (Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris)

1858
Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on ivory laid paper; fifth state of five (Glasgow); removed from a book
15.2 × 8.9 cm (6 × 3.5 in)

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