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Blessing the Sai Sin (Sacred White) Thread, by Felix Elie Regamey

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An image of Blessing the Sai Sin (Sacred White) Thread. Régamey, Félix Elie (French, 1844-1907). Graphite on paper, height 165 mm, width 271 mm, 1862. Acquisition Credit: Bought with The Gow Fund.

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Blessing the Sai Sin (Sacred White) Thread. Régamey, Félix Elie (French, 1844-1907). Graphite on paper, height 165 mm, width 271 mm, 1862. Acquisition Credit: Bought with The Gow Fund.

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  • Accession Number: PD.5-2018
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/11.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 632 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 479.69kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 11/1

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19th Century belief blessing Buddhism Buddhist ceremonial ceremonies ceremony drawing Faith Felix Elie Regamey Felix Regamey Fitz_PDP French graphite male monks Regamey religion religious sacred sacred thread Sai Sin seated sitting thread

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