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Freeman Gage Delamotte

Illuminated Initial "C"

1830–62
Watercolor, pen and red and blue ink over graphite with touches of gold and gouache (bodycolor)
37 × 23.2 cm (14.6 × 9.1 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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