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The Romance of the Rose: the victim of Love's arrow, by Burne-Jones

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An image of The Romance of the Rose: the victim of Love's arrow. For page 261 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898).  Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 129 mm, width, drawn area, 171 mm, height, support, 155 mm, width, support, 193 mm.

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The Romance of the Rose: the victim of Love's arrow. For page 261 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 129 mm, width, drawn area, 171 mm, height, support, 155 mm, width, support, 193 mm.

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  • Accession Number: 1050.40
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 833 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 165.72kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

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