Achilles and Cheiron, by Rodin

An image of graphite, black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white, height 116mm, width 126mm.

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graphite, black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white, height 116mm, width 126mm.

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Accession Number: 2144
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 702 pixels
Image width: 760 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 116.06kB
Captured: 2010:03:08 14:07:42

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19th Century Achilles Artist/Maker Chiron Date Department Fitz_PDP French Greek Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords People Rodin Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCr _WF_Recto centaur chalk classical drawing horses mythology on paper silhouette sketch

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