Flower study: Cobaea scandens, by Valentine Bartholomew

An image of Flower study: Cobaea scandens. Bartholomew, Valentine (British, 1799-1879). Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, height 348 mm, width 250 mm, 19th Century (handwritten note dates to 1877).

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Flower study: Cobaea scandens. Bartholomew, Valentine (British, 1799-1879). Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, height 348 mm, width 250 mm, 19th Century (handwritten note dates to 1877).

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Accession Number: PD.181-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 592 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 101.33kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:12:04 10:08:31

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