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Possibly a scene in Sarepta, which is apparently the name of the German colony at Krasnoarmeisk (or Krasnoarmeysk) on the west bank of the Volga near Volgograd (formerly known as Tsaritsyn and then Stalingrad), which has natural mineral waters.
Title
A Crippled Man Being Doused in Water from a Holy Spring to Procure a 'Miraculous' Cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia
Date
1903
Medium
pen & ink on paper (?)
Measurements
H 17 x W 23.9 cm
Accession number
22761i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing & watercolour