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Wherries at Anchor on Breydon Water, by John Sell Cotman

Image attached to PD.9-1988

An image of Wherries at Anchor on Breydon Water. Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Oil on canvas, height 51 cm, width 73.5 cm, circa 1810.

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Wherries at Anchor on Breydon Water. Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Oil on canvas, height 51 cm, width 73.5 cm, circa 1810.

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  • Accession Number: PD.9-1988
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 709 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 133.13kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 13/1

Key words

19th Century birds boats Britain British School calm water England English exterior ferry Fitz_PDP Great Yarmouth gulls John Sell Cotman masts Norfolk oil on canvas painting river rural seagulls seascape shore vessel

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rgb(56,47,31), rgb(195,175,125), rgb(88,71,42), rgb(112,100,64), rgb(101,88,49), rgb(143,121,74), rgb(159,136,80), rgb(228,204,151), rgb(223,209,168), rgb(76,84,60), rgb(220,212,156)

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