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Alexander Jackson Davis

Design for a Cottage-Villa in the Bracketted Mode, Constructed in Wood (perspective and plan)

ca. 1842
Watercolor and ink, over graphite
23.4 × 14.5 cm (9.2 × 5.7 in)

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