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Beached whale near Beverwijk witnessed by Prince Ernest of Nassau, by Jan Saenredam

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An image of Print Album. Beached whale near Beverwijk witnessed by Prince Ernest of Nassau. Saenredam, Jan (Dutch, 1565-1607). Engraving, in or after 1602. Production Notes: State II. Event happened on 13-01-1601.

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Print Album. Beached whale near Beverwijk witnessed by Prince Ernest of Nassau. Saenredam, Jan (Dutch, 1565-1607). Engraving, in or after 1602. Production Notes: State II. Event happened on 13-01-1601.

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  • Accession Number: 24.I.1-109
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Unknown-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 706 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 0.96MB
  • Exposure time: 4294967/536870912
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 637534208/33554432
  • Captured: 2014:04:22 14:37:09

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