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Julien Vallou de Villeneuve · ca. 1853

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Walnut
51% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.5:1

Sepia
37% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Biscuit
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1

Lamp black
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.6:1

Sand
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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Artist: Julien Vallou de Villeneuve
French, 1795–1866
Date: ca. 1853
Type: Photograph
Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
Size: 11.2 x 15.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 32, colourfulness 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1993. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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