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A Perfect excuse
c. 1873
Charles Samuel KEENE
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
woodcut
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
2878.127b-4
Departments
International Prints
/
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
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Gallery location
Not on display
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Coming to an anchor off Sydney Cove
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Great dancing pair
Erich HECKEL
Sunset in Scotland
Martin HARDIE
The Mayor's Cup
William KERR
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UNKNOWN
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UNKNOWN
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
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Windsor Castle
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Pierre SOULAGES
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UNKNOWN
Clock garniture
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Little Red Riding Hood
Gustave DORÉ
Triumph of Charity (Charitas)
Thomas de LEEUW
Capital Letter - I
UNKNOWN
Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI
Untitled (Two studies)
John RUSKIN
Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law
John Rogers HERBERT
Anguish
August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK
Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque
VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer)
The skittle players
David TENIERS II
Adoration of the Magi
UNKNOWN; Fredericus ZUCCHERPO (after)
Ecstasy
André MASSON
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