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Blue and Gold, by Whistler

Image attached to PD.69-1959

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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19th Century Aesthetic Movement American chalk drawing female female nude Fitz_PDP James Abbott McNeill Whistler nude pastel Whistler woman

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