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Dance, by Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother)

"Dance" by Porte Crayon, an illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine; May 1872.

"Dance" by Porte Crayon, an illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine; May 1872.

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