En Plein Soleil. Twelve Etchings from Nature, by Whistler

An image of En Plein Soleil. Twelve Etchings from Nature. Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Delâtre, printer. Etching; plate tone, black carbon ink on machine made wove paper, height, plate, 100 mm, width, plate, 132 mm; height, sheet, 255 mm, width, sheet, 334 mm, Production Note: From the series "Twelve Etchings from Nature" (The French Set). Published as "En plein Soleil". Second state. Published in 1858.

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En Plein Soleil. Twelve Etchings from Nature. Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Delâtre, printer. Etching; plate tone, black carbon ink on machine made wove paper, height, plate, 100 mm, width, plate, 132 mm; height, sheet, 255 mm, width, sheet, 334 mm, Production Note: From the series "Twelve Etchings from Nature" (The French Set). Published as "En plein Soleil". Second state. Published in 1858.

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Accession Number: P.78-1959
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 822 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 153.38kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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