Ode to a Nightingale, by John Keats

An image of Ode to a Nightingale. John Keats (British, 1795-1821). Ink on paper, height 30.5 cm, width 21.5 cm, 1819. Object Number: FM/70/11/3/Keats.

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Ode to a Nightingale. John Keats (British, 1795-1821). Ink on paper, height 30.5 cm, width 21.5 cm, 1819. Object Number: FM/70/11/3/Keats.

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Accession Number: MS 1-1933
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1687 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
Filesize: 313.82kB
Exposure time: 8947848/536870912
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 637534208/33554432
Captured: 2013:02:01 11:20:04

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