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Philomene at the loom, by Burne-Jones

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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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19th Century British Burne-Jones characters Chaucer costume drawing Edward Burne-Jones English female Fitz_PDP graphite illustration Kelmscott Chaucer literary figures literature medievalism Other Keywords Pre-Raphaelite Sir Edward Burne-Jones woman

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