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Frontispiece for an edition of Les Ballades by Theodore de Banville

Edouard Manet

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a sketch of a man sitting at a table with a quill pen in his right hand. He wears a dark beret and a collared shirt. The man appears to be seated at a table with his right arm resting on it. A cloud of smoke emerges from his left side. The background features a woman with long hair and a child, and a ship with three masts. The image also includes several abstract figures. The entire image is rendered in shades of gray on a beige background.

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607 × 893 px
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