Study of a standing woman, seen from behind, by Whistler

An image of Recto: Study of a standing woman, seen from behind. Verso: Study of a standing female nude, facing right, holding a parasol in her right hand. Whistler, James McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Black and white chalk on brown paper, height 289 mm, width 182 mm, 1870-1873.

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Recto: Study of a standing woman, seen from behind. Verso: Study of a standing female nude, facing right, holding a parasol in her right hand. Whistler, James McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Black and white chalk on brown paper, height 289 mm, width 182 mm, 1870-1873.

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Accession Number: PD.66-1959
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: 666 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 736.11kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:11:18 14:44:00

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19th Century American chalk drawing female Fitz_PDP James Abbott McNeill Whistler lady Whistler woman

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