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Benjamin Robert Haydon

Head of Nero in the British Museum

n.d.
Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on light gray-brown wove paper
49.7 × 35.7 cm (19.6 × 14.1 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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