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Colored wax portrait of a man facing left wearing a white shirt and cape, set on glass within a deep light colored wood frame.
sculpture (visual work)
glass (material)
Sculpture
Paper label 1: "279"
Paper label 2: "N174 / UR"
Paper label 3: "Voltaire / AMERICA. / B.G.N. A Friend" (Paper labels)
Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778
3602
Unknown
7 3/4 in x 6 7/8 in x 3/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1938.1348
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