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Cape Trafalgar

Cape Trafalgar

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Object Details

Title:
Cape Trafalgar
Date:
1923
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on blue paper on beige paper
Dimensions
20 5/8 x 12 3/4 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left of blue paper in graphite]: Violet / Oakley; [bottom of signature in blue ink]: 1923; [bottom left between blue paper and framing lines in graphite]: Cape Trafalgar; [bottom of beige paper in graphite]: Cape Trafalgar 1923 (from Dutch boat to Tangiers)

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