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James McNeill Whistler

Becquet (J. Becquet, Sculptor)

1859
Etching and drypoint; sixth state of six (Glasgow); printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper
25.5 × 18.3 cm (10 × 7.2 in)

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