Mother and child in a kitchen, by Johann Eleazar Schenau

An image of Genre scene; mother and child in a kitchen. Schenau, Johann Eleazar (German, 1737-1806). Pen and ink, with dark grey wash, on paper, height 97 mm, width 80 mm, 18th Century.

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Genre scene; mother and child in a kitchen. Schenau, Johann Eleazar (German, 1737-1806). Pen and ink, with dark grey wash, on paper, height 97 mm, width 80 mm, 18th Century.

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Accession Number: PD.25-1958
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael F. Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 838 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 264.16kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2014:02:26 16:25:34

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