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        "tombstone": "Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole, c. 1880\u201383. Nadar (French, 1820\u20131910). Uncut sheet of three matte gelatin silver carte-de-visites; overall: 10.8 x 21.9 cm (4 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2021.67",
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        "title": "Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole",
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                    "title": "France in the Time of Manet and Morisot",
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