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Two men in period clothing split a log with a wedge and mallets, drawn in ink and watercolor against a dark wooded background

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Split with Wedge and Beetel, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A watercolor and ink sketch shows two men splitting a large log, one raising a wooden mallet above a wedge set in the timber while the other swings a mallet from the side. Loose washes of yellow, blue and brown define the figures, the log and the shadowy wooded background.

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