Lord Leighton PRA, Squared up tracing for 'David - Oh that I had the wings of a dove! For then I would fly away and be at rest', 1865.
Pencil on tracing paper. 123 mm x 180 mm.
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Squared up tracing for 'David - Oh that I had the wings of a dove! For then I would fly away and be at rest', 1865
Lord Leighton PRA (1830 - 1896)
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123 mm x 180 mm
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