La Couseuse, by Aime-Jules Dalou

An image of La Couseuse. Bronze figure of a woman sewing. Dalou, Aimé-Jules (French, 1838-1902). Bronze, 1870. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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La Couseuse. Bronze figure of a woman sewing. Dalou, Aimé-Jules (French, 1838-1902). Bronze, 1870. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: M.21-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 992 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 104.20kB
Exposure time: 1/45
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor Aime Jules Dalou bronze Dalou female figure Fitz_AA French patina patinated patination sculpture seams seamstress seated sewing sitting woman

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