Study for the 'Mirror of Venus', by Burne-Jones

An image of Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Study for the 'Mirror of Venus'. Study of the third figure from the right in the 'Mirror of Venus'. Study of an arm. Graphite on white cartridge paper, height 252 mm, width 177 mm, before 1873.

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Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Study for the 'Mirror of Venus'. Study of the third figure from the right in the 'Mirror of Venus'. Study of an arm. Graphite on white cartridge paper, height 252 mm, width 177 mm, before 1873.

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Accession Number: 2005.2
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 774 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 64.99kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:09:07 14:42:00

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19th Century 458392 British Burne-Jones Department English Fitz_PDP Medium Nationalities Other Keywords Pre-Raphaelite Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_Verso _WF_batch_13 arms drawing graphite hands limb study

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