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Nineteenth Century

Alphonse Legros (French, 1837 - 1911), Head of a Horse from the Parthenon Marbles, 1898, goldpoint with scraping on white commercially prepared paper, 9 7/16 × 11 9/16 (24 × 29.3), National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.5487.

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Muirhead Bone (Scottish, 1976 - 1953), Scaffolding on the Staircase of the British Museum, c. 1906, metalpoint (probably silverpoint) on white commercially prepared paper, 12 3/8 × 9 5/8 (31.5 × 24.4), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1907,0124.2.

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William Holman Hunt (British, 1827-1910), Study for Saint Joseph, 1876, silverpoint with graphite and scraping on white prepared paper, 18 13/16 × 11 11/16 (47.8 × 29.7), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1927,0312.2.

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Charles Holroyd (British, 1861-1917), Nymphs by the Sea, 1905, metalpoint (probably silverpoint) on pink commercially prepared paper, 7 7/16 × 13 (18.9 × 33), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1947,0905.1.

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Charles Haslewood Shannon (British, 1863-1937), Eight Studies of a Dead Mouse, 1896, silverpoint on white commercially prepared paper, 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 (22.6 × 28.5), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1949,0411.38.

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