Le chene et le roseau, by Achille Etna Michallon

An image of Le chene et le roseau. Michallon, Achille Etna (French, 1796-1822). Oil on canvas, height 43.5 cm, width 53.5 cm, 1816. Translated Title: The Oak and the Reed. Acquisition Credit: Bought from the Gow Fund with contributions from the Museums and Galleries Commission/Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art-Collections Fund.

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Le chene et le roseau. Michallon, Achille Etna (French, 1796-1822). Oil on canvas, height 43.5 cm, width 53.5 cm, 1816. Translated Title: The Oak and the Reed. Acquisition Credit: Bought from the Gow Fund with contributions from the Museums and Galleries Commission/Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art-Collections Fund.

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Accession Number: PD.180-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 799 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 143.95kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 13/1
Captured: 2018:08:23 21:42:51

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