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Watercolor of a man in a cream robe and teal cap riding a gray donkey, carrying a staff, with mountains behind.

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A man in a cream-colored robe and a teal cap with a red tip rides a gray donkey in profile, carrying a long staff over his shoulder. The donkey wears a teal saddle cloth and a yellow bridle, set against a pale hazy landscape of distant mountains. This watercolor, titled Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey, was made by Alfred Diston in 1828.

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1828

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