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Walter MacEwen

The Ghost Story

1887
oil on canvas
121 × 191.5 cm (47.6 × 75.4 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The women in this painting wear the traditional clothing of Volendam, a fishing village located in the province of North Holland.

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