Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA, Sheet of sketches of heads and figures, ca. 1845.
Pencil on off-white wove paper. 22.8 cm x 31.5 cm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Sheet of sketches of heads and figures, ca. 1845
Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA (1829 - 1896)
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22.8 cm x 31.5 cm
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