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The foot of the cliff, by David Cox, the elder

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An image of Recto: The foot of the cliff. A page from a sketchbook, unsigned. Cox, David, the elder (British, 1783-1859). Graphite on paper, 19th century. Batchelor Collection.

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Recto: The foot of the cliff. A page from a sketchbook, unsigned. Cox, David, the elder (British, 1783-1859). Graphite on paper, 19th century. Batchelor Collection.

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  • Accession Number: PD.75-2015
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 732 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 687.30kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2017:01:24 16:28:23

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor beach British School cliff face cliffs coast coastal coastline David Cox David Cox the elder drawing Fitz_PDP graphite seashore shore shoreline sketch sketchbook

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