A chameleon, by James Sowerby

An image of A chameleon. Sowerby, James (British, 1756-1822). Graphite and watercolour on ppaer, height 215 mm, width 280 mm. Batchelor Collection.

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A chameleon. Sowerby, James (British, 1756-1822). Graphite and watercolour on ppaer, height 215 mm, width 280 mm. Batchelor Collection.

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Accession Number: PD.168-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 767 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 168.76kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:03:09 12:03:38

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18th Century 19th Century _WF_Batchelor British School chameleons drawing Fitz_PDP James Sowerby reptiles Sowerby

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