Queen Catherine's Dream, by William Blake

An image of Queen Katherine's Dream. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Pen, Indian ink, grey wash and watercolour over some graphite on paper, height 203 mm, width 161 mm, circa 1783 to 1790.

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Queen Katherine's Dream. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Pen, Indian ink, grey wash and watercolour over some graphite on paper, height 203 mm, width 161 mm, circa 1783 to 1790.

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Accession Number: 1771
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 820 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 816.18kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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