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DescriptionA Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest KafkaSir Edwin Henry Landseer R.A.London 1802 - 1873A Study of a lying dog
Pencil;inscribed in a later hand lower centre: Sketch’d by Edwin Landseer July 27th 1835; together with a study of a Tibetan mastiff109 by 185 mm; 109 by 186 mm(2)Condition reportBoth works are well preserved. The sheets are not laid down
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