James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Illustration to The Trial Sermon (1). / Wood engraving by Dalziel after a design by Whistler. Published Good Words 1862..
122 mm x 95 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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After James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903)
RA Collection: Art
122 mm x 95 mm
Good words - London: 1860-1906
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