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Marine scene with two sailboats at center and others in the distance

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Etching and aquatint, "Eaux-Fortes de Bretagne"
"Eaux-Fortes de Bretagne", Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Commander C. Bonbon 1977
Title: Marine scene with two sailboats at center and others in the distance
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Etching and aquatint, "Eaux-Fortes de Bretagne".

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