Study for the landscape background of Alexander and Bucephalus, by Degas

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Study for the landscape background of Alexander and Bucephalus. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Graphite on paper, height 340 mm, width 274 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.18-2002
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 860 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 809.66kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:11:14 16:38:16

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19th Century Alexander III of Macedon Alexander the Great architectural architecture Bucephalus crenellated crenellation Degas drawing Edgar Degas Eskandar Fitz_PDP French graphite landscape tower

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