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John Campbell, Precentor, Conducting Three Braying Asses

John Kay British, Scottish
Subject John Campbell British, Scottish
1782
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  • Title: John Campbell, Precentor, Conducting Three Braying Asses
  • Artist: John Kay (British, Dalkeith, Scotland 1742–1826 Edinburgh)
  • Subject: John Campbell (British (Scottish), died 1795)
  • Date: 1782
  • Medium: Watercolor
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in. (14.4 x 11.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.1452
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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