Sir Edwin Landseer RA, Studies of a male torso and hand, c. 1815.
Black and white chalk on buff paper. 340 mm x 530 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Studies of a male torso and hand, c. 1815
Sir Edwin Landseer RA (1802 - 1873)
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340 mm x 530 mm
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