A banquet of women without their husbands, by Abraham Bosse

An image of Print Album. Les femmes à table en l'absence de leurs maris (A banquet of women without their husbands). Bosse, Abraham (French, 1602-1676). Le Blond, Jean I, publisher (French, c. 1594-1666). Etching, circa 1636. Alternative Number(s): BN Inventaire (17thC); 1399. Blum; 1049. Part Of: 30.I.5; Oeuvre de Bosse Vol. 2.

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Print Album. Les femmes à table en l'absence de leurs maris (A banquet of women without their husbands). Bosse, Abraham (French, 1602-1676). Le Blond, Jean I, publisher (French, c. 1594-1666). Etching, circa 1636. Alternative Number(s): BN Inventaire (17thC); 1399. Blum; 1049. Part Of: 30.I.5; Oeuvre de Bosse Vol. 2.

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Accession Number: 30.I.5-280
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Image width: 1024 pixels
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:11:16 00:49:06

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