The Rock Needle and Porte d' Aval, Etretat, by Monet

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The Rock Needle and Porte d' Aval, Etretat. Monet, Claude (French, 1840-1926). Oil on canvas, height 64.8 cm, width 81 cm, circa 1885.

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Accession Number: PD.26-1998
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 812 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 143.29kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2011:04:05 23:09:13

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19th Century blue Claude Monet cliff face cliffs coast coastal coastline en plein air Etretat exterior Fitz_PDP France French Impressionism Impressionist Monet Normandy oil on canvas painting remote rocks rocky seascape sun sunlight sunny sunshine turquoise white chalk cliffs

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