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Watercolor of a seated bearded monk in a dark hooded habit holding a book and rosary, with sandals on his feet.

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A seated bearded monk in a dark hooded habit and white cowl holds a book and a rosary, rendered in soft watercolor washes over pale paper. The figure is shown frontally with a reddish cloth beneath him and a dated inscription at the left edge. This work is catalogued as Portrait of a Monk by Richard Dadd, dated 1857.

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1857

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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