Study for the Fiend's Head (1), by George Romney

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Study for the Fiend's Head (1). Romney, George (British, 1734-1802). Black chalk worked with stump over traces of graphite, strengthened with black chalk on paper, height 303 mm, width 300 mm.

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Accession Number: B.V.136
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 1022 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 757.69kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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