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Nil Nisi Bonum

A work made of pen and brown ink, with touches of white gouache, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, with touches of white gouache, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card.

Date:

1870/91

Artist:

Charles Samuel Keene
British, 1823-1891

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Samuel Keene

Title

Nil Nisi Bonum

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1870–1891

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with touches of white gouache, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card

Dimensions

18 × 11.3 cm (7 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.6105

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