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Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet

Elevation of a design for an altar and painted wall decoration

second half 19th century
graphite, pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, and gold paint on wove paper
61.2 × 47.5 cm (24.1 × 18.7 in)

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