Henry Hugh Armstead RA, Two studies of a female head for a mosaic design for "St. Michael's Church, Torquay", ca. 1877.
Pencil on cream wove paper. 86 mm x 234 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Two studies of a female head for a mosaic design for "St. Michael's Church, Torquay", ca. 1877
Henry Hugh Armstead RA (1828 - 1905)
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86 mm x 234 mm
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