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Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf and cloak reading a book beside a wooden chair.

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Seated Woman Reading (Study for "Le Pélerinage"), Alphonse Legros (1871), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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A pencil drawing shows a seated woman in a hooded cloak and headscarf, her head bowed as she reads a small book held in her hands. A wooden chair with a rush seat stands beside her, and the folds of her heavy garment fall across the paper.