The Romance of the Rose: the place of the Rose, by Burne-Jones

An image of The Romance of the Rose: the place of the Rose. For page 312 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 129 mm, width, drawn area, 172 mm, height, support, 166 mm, width, support, 211 mm.

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The Romance of the Rose: the place of the Rose. For page 312 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 129 mm, width, drawn area, 172 mm, height, support, 166 mm, width, support, 211 mm.

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Accession Number: 1050.45
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 777 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 193.08kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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