Delftware tile, Jonah Cast up by the Whale

An image of Tile. Jonah Cast up by the Whale. Production Place: The Netherlands. In a square, framed by a scrolled border, 'Jonah Cast up by the Whale'. Inscribed below, 'Iona 2:10'. There is a hole in the top left and in the lower right corner. Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue, height, whole, 12.4 cm, width, whole, 12.6 cm, depth, whole, 0.8 cm, circa 1700-1800.

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Tile. Jonah Cast up by the Whale. Production Place: The Netherlands. In a square, framed by a scrolled border, 'Jonah Cast up by the Whale'. Inscribed below, 'Iona 2:10'. There is a hole in the top left and in the lower right corner. Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue, height, whole, 12.4 cm, width, whole, 12.6 cm, depth, whole, 0.8 cm, circa 1700-1800.

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Accession Number: C.2804.38-1928
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Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
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Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 201.40kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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