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Thomas Eakins’ watercolor “John Biglin in a Single Scull” (1873) is on view at the Yale University Art Gallery’s ongoing exhibition “Art For Yale: Collecting for a New Cenury.”
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Thomas Eakins’ watercolor “John Biglin in a Single Scull” (1873) is on view at the Yale University Art Gallery’s ongoing exhibition “Art For Yale: Collecting for a New Cenury.”

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