An Elephant crushing a Tiger, by Antoine Louis Barye

An image of An Elephant crushing a Tiger. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze, height cm, length cm, width cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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An Elephant crushing a Tiger. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze, height cm, length cm, width cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: M.1-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 761 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 130.76kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor animal animal figure animals Antoine Louis Barye Barye bronze crushed crushing elephants figure Fitz_AA French patina patinated patination sculpture tigers

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