Tartarus, with the Punishment of the Damned, by Burne-Jones

An image of Tartarus, with the Punishment of the Damned. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite on paper, height, drawn area, 339 mm, width, drawn area, 63 mm, height, sheet size, 360 mm, width, sheet size, 90 mm, 1875.

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Tartarus, with the Punishment of the Damned. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite on paper, height, drawn area, 339 mm, width, drawn area, 63 mm, height, sheet size, 360 mm, width, sheet size, 90 mm, 1875.

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Accession Number: 1183.19
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 255 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 181.16kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 00:09:00

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19th Century British Burne-Jones damned discipline drawing Edward Burne-Jones Fitz_PDP graphite hell hellish mythological mythology Other Keywords Pre-Raphaelite punishment Sir Edward Burne-Jones Tartarus underworld winged wings

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