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William Hamilton

Envy from Ovid's "House of Envy" (Book II, lines 760-796) (recto); A naked woman (verso)

1770–80
Recto: pen and black ink, brush and brown wash and watercolor, over graphite Verso: pen and brown ink and graphite
17.9 × 21.8 cm (7 × 8.6 in)

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