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Design for matting, by Whistler

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An image of Recto: Design for matting. Verso: Another design for matting. Whistler, James McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Recto: black and white chalk. Verso: black chalk on brown paper. Height 286 mm, width 186 mm, 1873-1875.

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Recto: Design for matting. Verso: Another design for matting. Whistler, James McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Recto: black and white chalk. Verso: black chalk on brown paper. Height 286 mm, width 186 mm, 1873-1875.

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  • Accession Number: PD.73-1959
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 694 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 855.86kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2016:11:18 14:40:09

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19th Century American chalk design designing drawing Fitz_PDP James Abbott McNeill Whistler matting Whistler

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