Samson and Delilah, by William Orpen

An image of Samson and Delilah. Orpen, William Newenham Montague (British, 1878-1931). Pen and ink and sepia wash on paper, height 185 mm, width 245 mm, 1899. Batchelor Collection.

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Samson and Delilah. Orpen, William Newenham Montague (British, 1878-1931). Pen and ink and sepia wash on paper, height 185 mm, width 245 mm, 1899. Batchelor Collection.

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Accession Number: PD.149-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 795 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 186.66kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:03:09 12:27:59

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor biblical British School Delilah drawing female Fitz_PDP Old Testament Orpen Samson Samson and Delilah sepia William Orpen

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