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Investigating Drawing
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Chalk
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Investigating Drawing
Carl Friedrich Abel
by Thomas Gainsborough, circa 1765
black chalk and stump and white chalk
Chalk
The sitter's clothes are given hints of
white chalk outline to locate the highlights.
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