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For His Daily Bread

A charcoal study and a watercolour study dated 1879 are recorded by Sir James caw in his definitive study of McTaggart, published in Glasgow in 1917.

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Date	c.1879 - c.1881
Accession	1993.315
Type	Painting Paint, oil
Materials	Support canvas Medium Paint, oil
Dimensions	Overall 65cm x 92.4cm
Acquisition	Bequest Kerr or Anderson, Elizabeth (1939)

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