Head of a Damned Soul, by William Blake, after Henry Fuseli

An image of Head of a Damned Soul. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Fuseli, Johann Heinrich after (British, 1741-1825). Black carbon ink on wove paper, height 433 mm, width 331 mm, circa 1788. Production Notes: I/II.

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Head of a Damned Soul. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Fuseli, Johann Heinrich after (British, 1741-1825). Black carbon ink on wove paper, height 433 mm, width 331 mm, circa 1788. Production Notes: I/II.

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Accession Number: P.423-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 774 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.08MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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