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Mythology & Putti

      Sketches of Centaurs carrying away a Woman

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | RCIN 851860

      A photograph of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the late August Grahl (1791-1868), Dresden.
      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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