A Venus, by Whistler

An image of A Venus. Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Print, etching, black carbon ink on Antique laid paper, height, plate, 152 mm, width, plate, 225 mm, height, sheet, 179 mm, width, sheet, 261 mm, 1859.

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A Venus. Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Print, etching, black carbon ink on Antique laid paper, height, plate, 152 mm, width, plate, 225 mm, height, sheet, 179 mm, width, sheet, 261 mm, 1859.

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Accession Number: P.281-1954
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Image height: 697 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 180.55kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:05:16 10:26:41

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19th Century American Aphrodite asleep etching female female nude Fitz_PDP goddess James Abbott McNeill Whistler lying down nude print reclining recumbent sleeping slumber Venus Whistler

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