Le Marais de la Souterraine, by Theodore Rousseau

An image of Le Marais de la Souterraine. Rousseau, Théodore (French, 1812-1867). Oil on canvas, height 22.5 cm, width 29.5 cm, 1842. Translated title: The Marsh in the Souterraine.

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Le Marais de la Souterraine. Rousseau, Théodore (French, 1812-1867). Oil on canvas, height 22.5 cm, width 29.5 cm, 1842. Translated title: The Marsh in the Souterraine.

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Accession Number: PD.148-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 769 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 184.79kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2018:09:19 03:42:49

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