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Original drawing in gouache, ink, and silver highlights - Size: 32.5 x 25 cm -
This is a design for the 1896 Rouen National and Colonial Exhibition - A young woman (reminiscent of Marianne and Joan of Arc) wears the Rouen city coat of arms (a lamb holding a banner symbolizing Christ) as a sash - Her martial air is accentuated by a baton, laurels, and fleurs-de-lis - Her thigh-high boots are reminiscent of Joan of Arc - Minor pinholes in the corners - Heavy card
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