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Sketches of Snails, Flowering Plant

A work made of watercolor over graphite pencil on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of watercolor over graphite pencil on cream laid paper.

Date:

1864/68

Artist:

Édouard Manet
French, 1832-1883

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Status

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Édouard Manet

Title

Sketches of Snails, Flowering Plant

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1864–1868

Medium

Watercolor over graphite pencil on cream laid paper

Dimensions

19.8 × 12.6 cm (7 13/16 × 5 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Allerton

Reference Number

1923.1057

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