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Joseph Wright

Ruined Roman Tower in a Landscape (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 5 recto)

1774–75
Brush and gray and yellow ink wash or watercolor, over graphite
23.4 × 17.1 cm (9.2 × 6.7 in)

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