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Study for the portrait of Miss Cicely Alexander, by Whistler

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An image of Study for the portrait of Miss Cicely Alexander. Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Pastel on buff paper, height 140 mm, width 70 mm, c. 1873.

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Study for the portrait of Miss Cicely Alexander. Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American, 1834-1903). Pastel on buff paper, height 140 mm, width 70 mm, c. 1873.

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  • Accession Number: PD.1-2017
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 543 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 859.61kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2016:07:07 11:13:55

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19th Century American blonde Cicely Alexander clothes clothing drawing dress fashion female Fitz_PDP girls James Abbott McNeill Whistler pastel portraits Whistler white dress

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