Head of an old peasant woman, by George Clausen

An image of Head of an old peasant woman. Clausen, George (British, 1852-1944). Red chalk on paper, height, sheet, 384 mm, width, sheet, 285 mm, 19th century. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Head of an old peasant woman. Clausen, George (British, 1852-1944). Red chalk on paper, height, sheet, 384 mm, width, sheet, 285 mm, 19th century. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: PD.72-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 767 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 654.59kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:22 11:20:51

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor aged bonnet British School chalk Clausen clothes clothing drawing elderly faces female Fitz_PDP George Clausen hats heads old old age old lady old woman peasants portraits woman

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