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Description:
Watercolor titled "NOAHs ARK", with three line ink inscription across the top: "The proportions of Noahs ark were as follows lenght/ 500 and its breath 50 ? the depth of the hold 30 Required/ its ?then allowing the ? to be 22 inc." There is a yellow dove flying from a two-story yellow house with many windows and green roof in a green, white, and black boat sailing on wavy blue water. There are eleven lines of multiplication in ink on the back with "Answer" next to the total line, and a lined pyramid shape below the arithmetic.

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