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Summary
DescriptionThe Black sheep illustrated by William Wallace Denslow.jpg
The Black Sheep, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose.
Restored version of
File:Black sheep Denslow.jpg. Rotated and cropped. Dirt removed. Depigmented areas repigmented. Colors adjusted. Curves adjusted. See also
File:Black sheep2.tif (full restoration, uncompressed).
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