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The Romance of the Rose: the lady in the tower, by Burne-Jones

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An image of The Romance of the Rose: the lady in the tower. For page 275 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 130 mm, width, drawn area, 171 mm, height, support, 153 mm, width, support, 197 mm

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The Romance of the Rose: the lady in the tower. For page 275 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 130 mm, width, drawn area, 171 mm, height, support, 153 mm, width, support, 197 mm

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  • Accession Number: 1050.44
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 782 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 192.61kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

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19th Century allegorical allegory British School Burne-Jones Chaucer court courtly courtly love crown drawing Edward Burne-Jones English female Fitz_PDP Kelmscott Chaucer lady literary literary figures literature love poem poetry poets Pre-Raphaelite Roman de la Rose romance Romance of the Rose Sir Edward Burne-Jones tower

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