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Sketchbook: Motion and Equilibrium of the Human Body

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An image of Sketchbook: Motion and Equilibrium of the Human Body. Flaxman, John (British, 1755-1826). Sketchbook bound in ?pig's skin, containing 60 leaves plus two endpapers. Height, leaf, 230 mm, width, leaf, 171 mm; height, cover board, 232 mm, width, cover board, 173 mm.

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Sketchbook: Motion and Equilibrium of the Human Body. Flaxman, John (British, 1755-1826). Sketchbook bound in ?pig's skin, containing 60 leaves plus two endpapers. Height, leaf, 230 mm, width, leaf, 171 mm; height, cover board, 232 mm, width, cover board, 173 mm.

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  • Accession Number: 832/7.f.30
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1301 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 94.65kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2013:09:13 09:55:12

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British School Fitz_PDP Flaxman human body John Flaxman male nude motion nude sketchbook

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