Design for matting, by Whistler

An image of Recto: Design for matting. Verso: Another design for matting. Whistler, James McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Recto: black and white chalk. Verso: black chalk on brown paper. Height 286 mm, width 186 mm, 1873-1875.

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Recto: Design for matting. Verso: Another design for matting. Whistler, James McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Recto: black and white chalk. Verso: black chalk on brown paper. Height 286 mm, width 186 mm, 1873-1875.

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Accession Number: PD.73-1959
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 694 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 855.86kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:11:18 14:40:09

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19th Century American chalk design designing drawing Fitz_PDP James Abbott McNeill Whistler matting Whistler

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