Blue and Gold, by Whistler

An image of Blue and Gold. A sketch of a screen (?). Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Chalk and pastel on brown paper, height 283 mm, width 123 mm, 1871-1872.

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Blue and Gold. A sketch of a screen (?). Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Chalk and pastel on brown paper, height 283 mm, width 123 mm, 1871-1872.

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Accession Number: PD.69-1959
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 494 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 728.34kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:12:18 09:37:00

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