19th century
20 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Graphite on cream wove card; the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
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