Drapery study for The Duchesse de Morbilli, by Degas

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Drapery study for The Duchesse de Morbilli. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Graphite and black chalk, on paper, laid down, height 312 mm, width 226 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.28-1978
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: 747 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 399.74kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:10:12 13:56:00

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19th Century chalk Degas draperies drapery drawing duchess Edgar Degas female Fitz_PDP French fringed graphite shawl woman

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