Bust of a girl (Marguerite Degas), by Degas

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Bust of a girl (Marguerite Degas). Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Graphite on buff paper, height 479 mm, width 309 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.31-1978
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 662 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 525.20kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:11:30 12:49:26

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19th Century busts Degas drawing Edgar Degas faces female Fitz_PDP French girls graphite Marguerite Degas

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