The Romance of the Rose: the lady in the tower, by Burne-Jones

An image of The Romance of the Rose: the lady in the tower. For page 275 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 130 mm, width, drawn area, 171 mm, height, support, 153 mm, width, support, 197 mm

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The Romance of the Rose: the lady in the tower. For page 275 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 130 mm, width, drawn area, 171 mm, height, support, 153 mm, width, support, 197 mm

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Accession Number: 1050.44
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 782 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 192.61kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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