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Study for 'Force of Habit'
(1869)
Charles Samuel KEENE
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
pen and ink (brown)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
2621-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images)
line drawings (drawings)
men (male humans)
repose (activity)
sketches
sleepers (people by common activity)
sleeping
studies (visual works)
Movements
Victorian
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