The Return Home, by Edward Calvert

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The Return Home. Calvert, Edward (British 1799-1883). Tempera on panel, 19th Century.

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Accession Number: PD.154-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 596 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 183.92kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2013:08:13 14:04:33

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