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Watercolor sketch of a seated figure in a patterned robe holding a curved sword, with a bald head peering from a brick archwa

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Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Treachery, Richard Dadd (1853), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A watercolor and pencil drawing shows a richly dressed figure in a patterned robe and yellow headdress seated on stone steps, gesturing upward while holding a curved sword. Beside him, a bald head with a beard emerges from a brick archway at the bottom of the composition. The work is titled Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Treachery, attributed to Richard Dadd, dated 1853, and held by Wikimedia Commons.

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