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Presently I Found I Was Holding to a Spar
Presently I Found I Was Holding to a Spar
Presently I Found I Was Holding to a Spar
(American, 1875 - 1935)

Presently I Found I Was Holding to a Spar

Alternate Title(s)
  • He Clung to the Mast
Mixed media on illustration board
ca. 1913
17 × 12 7/8 in. (43.2 × 32.7 cm)
79.8.6
Purchased with the Museum Volunteers’ Fund, 1979
Not on view
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