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"The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe" [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]
"The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe" [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]

"The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe" [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]

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Object Details

Title:
"The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe" [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Pen and ink on tracing paper with framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
10 x 8 1/4 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[band below illustration in black ink]: The Letter Goes to the / Romans by the Hand of / Our Sister Phebe

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