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James McNeill Whistler

Study for "The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland"

c. 1879
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown ink, on cream pseudo-laid paper tipped onto cream wove paper
17.9 × 11.2 cm (7 × 4.4 in)

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