Girl Dancer at the Barre, by Degas

An image of Girl Dancer at the Barre. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Black chalk on pink paper, height 310 mm, width 242 mm.

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Girl Dancer at the Barre. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Black chalk on pink paper, height 310 mm, width 242 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.32-1978
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 800 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 899.22kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:11:16 16:54:48

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