Intermediate study for The House of Fame, by Burne-Jones

An image of Intermediate study for The House of Fame: names of the famous inscribed in the ice. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn borders, on thin card, height, support, 174 mm, width, support, 251 mm, height, study, 129 mm, width, study, 172 mm. Production Note: For Kelmscott Chaucer p. 459.

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Intermediate study for The House of Fame: names of the famous inscribed in the ice. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn borders, on thin card, height, support, 174 mm, width, support, 251 mm, height, study, 129 mm, width, study, 172 mm. Production Note: For Kelmscott Chaucer p. 459.

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Accession Number: 1079/144*
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 714 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 69.71kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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19th Century British Burne-Jones Chaucer drawing Edward Burne-Jones Fitz_PDP graphite ice icy Kelmscott Chaucer Pre-Raphaelite Sir Edward Burne-Jones

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