Study for 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins', by Charles Ricketts

An image of Study for 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins'. Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931). Red chalk on paper, cut out and laid down, height, paper, 603 mm, width, paper, 320 mm, c. 1914. Acquisition Credit: Given by Frances Carey and David Bindman to mark the occasion of the Fitzwilliam Museum's 200th anniversary and in honour of David Scrase.

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Study for 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins'. Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931). Red chalk on paper, cut out and laid down, height, paper, 603 mm, width, paper, 320 mm, c. 1914. Acquisition Credit: Given by Frances Carey and David Bindman to mark the occasion of the Fitzwilliam Museum's 200th anniversary and in honour of David Scrase.

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Accession Number: PD.39-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 562 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 468.10kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1

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