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A Refuge from the Storm (Shadow from the Heat)

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  • Title: A Refuge from the Storm (Shadow from the Heat)
  • Artist: David Pell Secor (ca. 1824–1909)
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Pen and India ink on Bristol board
  • Dimensions: 14 x 10 15/16 in. (35.6 x 27.8 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.24 recto
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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