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David Hume|Henri-Félix-Emmanuel Philippoteaux

Album of 107 preparatory drawings to illustrate David Hume's "History of England"

ca. 1853
Graphite, brush and brown wash, gouache
21 × 25.5 cm (8.3 × 10 in)

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