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Sloane 278 f. 47 Mermaid
Mermaid
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Description: Detail of a miniature of a siren, depicted as a woman with the tail of a fish, pulling a sailor from a boat by the hair, while another sailor stops his ears to avoid hearing the siren's song, with a centaur holding a bow below. 
Origin: France, N. 


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