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John Bacon, the elder

Design for Monument with Britannia and Neptune

n.d.
Pen and black ink, with brush and blue and gray wash, over black chalk, on tan laid paper, partially laid down on ivory wove paper
63.7 × 40 cm (25.1 × 15.7 in)

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