The Backgammon Players, by Burne-Jones

An image of The Backgammon Players. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Black chalk with some bodycolour on paper, height 602 mm, width 1029 mm, 1861.

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The Backgammon Players. Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Black chalk with some bodycolour on paper, height 602 mm, width 1029 mm, 1861.

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Accession Number: 2004
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 598 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 802.38kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2011:10:17 10:25:03

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