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    "localId": "11568",
    "label": "Information",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
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    "id": "11568",
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    "contentType": "drawing",
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    "title": "Information",
    "description": "A mounted officer of the Engineers with map in hand is seeking directions from a peasant tending his flock with a dog. Another mounted soldier is visible in the background.A pen and ink drawing of this subject, now in a private collection in Boulogne-sur-Mer, dated 1876, was published by Deneuville in \"Croquis Militaires,\" Paris, 1876, plate 16. This drawing may be the \"Paysan donnant des renseignements à des officiers français,\" listed in the Deneuville Sale, Paris, 1886, no. 256.",
    "provenance": "William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1876",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.93",
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    "language": "en",
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        "oil paintings (visual works)"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 46.6,
            "height": 33
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 18 3/8 x W: 13 in. (46.6 x 33 cm); Framed H: 30 1/2 × W: 24 13/16 × D: 4 9/16 in. (77.4 × 63.1 × 11.6 cm)"
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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Lower right: A de Neuville; [Date] Lower right: 1876",
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}

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