Study of Horses

Edwin Henry Landseer, 1854

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Study of Horses, 1854. graphite with wash.

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graphite with wash · Sheet: 21 x 28.3 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Study of Horses
Artist: Edwin Henry Landseer (British, 1802–1873)
Date: 1854
Medium: graphite with wash
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 x 28.3 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Robert Hays Gries
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1802–1873

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