The Neapolitan Coast with Vesuvius in eruption, by Johan Christian Clausen Dahl

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The Neapolitan Coast with Vesuvius in eruption. Dahl, Johan Christian Clausen (Norwegian, 1788-1857). Oil on paper marouflé to canvas, height 23 cm, width 33.5 cm 1820.

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Accession Number: PD.43-1986
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 681 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 107.52kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1
Captured: 2017:01:09 10:25:55

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