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Two Peacocks
19th or early 20th century
Walter Shirlaw
1838-1909
American
Unknown
Pastel and pencil on cream wove paper mounted to sheet of paper colored with pastel
Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (12.4 × 20 cm) Mount: 6 1/8 × 9 1/8 inches (15.6 × 23.2 cm)
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53.381
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Inscribed, in pencil, upper left, verso: N. A. D. # 15 | Shirlaw
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National Academy of Design
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Walter Shirlaw, Two Peacocks, 19th or early 20th century, pastel and pencil on cream wove paper mounted to sheet of paper colored with pastel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the National Academy of Design, 53.381.
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