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Pen and ink wash sketch of a top-hatted man reading a newspaper amid a crowd of standing passengers.

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This pen and brown ink drawing with grey wash shows a man in a top hat and dark coat standing and reading a newspaper while crowded figures press around him in an enclosed interior. The sketchy hatching and loose wash give the scene a quick, observational quality.

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