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Study for 'The Better the Day'

Study for 'The Better the Day'
 (1873)

Medium
pen and ink (brown)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink (brown)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
2660-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
back views cartoons (humorous images) curates line drawings (drawings) photographers photography (discipline) sketches studies (visual works)
Movements
Victorian

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