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Grey wash sketch of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat reading a book while seated on a beach.

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A loosely rendered grey wash drawing shows a seated woman in a light dress and wide-brimmed hat, holding an open book in her lap. She is set against a pale, mostly empty ground that suggests sand and sky, with spatters of ink at the lower edge.

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