Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA, Sheet of studies of hands, ca. 1837.
Pencil on off-white wove paper. 262 mm x 185 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
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Sheet of studies of hands, ca. 1837
Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA (1829 - 1896)
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262 mm x 185 mm
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