Femmes nue s’essuyant, by Degas

An image of Femmes nue s’essuyant. Nude Woman Drying her Neck. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834–1917). Charcoal on tracing paper, sheet: 31 1/4 x 30 in. (793 x 762 mm), circa 1900. On loan from King's College, Cambridge. Keynes Collection. TL49.2011.2.

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Femmes nue s’essuyant. Nude Woman Drying her Neck. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834–1917). Charcoal on tracing paper, sheet: 31 1/4 x 30 in. (793 x 762 mm), circa 1900. On loan from King's College, Cambridge. Keynes Collection. TL49.2011.2.

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Accession Number: Keynes Loan
The Provost and Fellows of Kingâs College, Cambridge (Keynes Collection).
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1114 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 148.11kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2011:09:12 18:13:20

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