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Water Carriers on the Nile

John Singer Sargent
artist John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
date 1891
medium Oil on canvas
origin United States
dimensions 54.3 × 65.4 cm
credit line Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
hall 07 Modernism
rights public domain (CC0)

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