Philomene at the loom, by Burne-Jones

An image of Legend of Good Women: Philomene at the loom. For page 441 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 130 mm, width, drawn area, 172 mm; height, support, 154 mm, width, support, 193 mm.

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Legend of Good Women: Philomene at the loom. For page 441 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite within drawn graphite border on paper, height, drawn area, 130 mm, width, drawn area, 172 mm; height, support, 154 mm, width, support, 193 mm.

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Accession Number: 1050.65
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 782 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 847.38kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:02:09 11:09:19

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