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Slide 1
Van Gogh's painting of a bridge in the rain, with people crossing under heavy rain, framed by a dark green and red border with Japanese charactersPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
Hiroshige's woodblock print: fine gray lines of rain over a wooden bridge, small figures hurrying across, a raft on the riverSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
Close view of the same painting in its gold frame: the green and red border with columns of Japanese charactersPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 4
Hiroshige's print of a plum garden: a dark twisting trunk with white blossoms against a red skySource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
Van Gogh's tall painting of a Japanese courtesan in a patterned kimono, set in a yellow panel with water lilies and bamboo around herPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 6
Diagram of the grid method: a small grid over the original, a larger grid with the same number of squares on the canvas, and arrows showing one square copied into its partnerImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Van Gogh Museum, Courtesan (after Eisen), s0116V1962; method drawn by RN Collins studio
Slide 7
A Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan under a pink umbrella in the rain, by Keisai EisenSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record

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