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Three Camel Heads
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Etching state ii or iii, Tétes de différents animaux no. 1
Rights: Public Domain
Tétes de différents animaux no. 1, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Harry G. Friedman 1962
Title: Three Camel Heads
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Etching state ii or iii, Tétes de différents animaux no.
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