Study for the portrait of Miss Cicely Alexander, by Whistler

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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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