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The Giaour on Horseback (recto); Study of a Woman with Head and Arms Thrown Back, and Study of the Head of an Old Man (verso).
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Pen and iron gall ink with wash over graphite
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix in honor of Jane Roberts 2015
Title: The Giaour on Horseback (recto); Study of a Woman with Head and Arms Thrown Back, and Study of the Head of an Old Man (verso).
Description:
Pen and iron gall ink with wash over graphite.
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