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Seated man in period dress reading a book, leaning against an oak tree, in a soft grey and pastel wash drawing.

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P. Wilkinson Esq. Sitting Under the Shade of an Oak Learning to Whistle, Samuel Alken (1785), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A seated man in 18th-century dress reads an open book with his eyes lowered, leaning against the trunk of a large tree. The wash drawing uses soft grey and blue tones with touches of yellow and pink, and a distant landscape opens behind him. Sitting Under the Shade of an Oak Learning to Whistle.

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