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Engraving: Fishing boats along shore. Reverse side, light sketch of person's head and scribbling

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.334 Author/Creator: Place Written: [Normandy, France] Type: Engraving Date: [n.d.] Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18.8 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

"Besquine, Batiment de peche des cotes de Normandie."

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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