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        "tombstone": "The Relics, c. 1835. Jean-Jacques Grandville (French, 1803\u20131847). Pen and brown ink, brown ink wash, heightened with white and red-orange gouache with scoring on wove paper; sheet: 11.8 x 9.4 cm (4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.); mounted: 20.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.1065",
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        "title": "The Relics",
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                "inscription": "Verso, of original backing, at center, in black ink: \u201cLes Reliques / Dessin original de / J.J. Grandville / (1803 \u2013 1847)\u201d",
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                "inscription": "at left center, in pencil: \u201c53\u201d",
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                "description": "Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980]",
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                "date": "December 3, 2018",
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