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Jacob Wilhelm Mechau

Literary Illustration: Two Men and Woman in Interior

n.d.
Red chalk with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
6.4 × 7.8 cm (2.5 × 3.1 in)

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