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    "localId": "134253",
    "label": "The Client",
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    "id": "134253",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "title": "The Client",
    "date": "fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s",
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    "rights": "CC0",
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    "imageCount": 1,
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Sheet: 58.7 x 47 cm (23 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 60 x 48.5 cm (23 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.)",
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        "France, late 19th-early 20th Century"
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    ],
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        {
            "inscription": "signed, lower right, in black chalk: forain"
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    "creditline": "The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:52:26.438000",
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