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Horse with easel and palette on his back, by Cotman

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An image of Horse with easel and palette on his back (The Travelling Artist). Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Graphite on pale brown paper, pricked through for copying, height 239 mm, width 304 mm.

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Horse with easel and palette on his back (The Travelling Artist). Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Graphite on pale brown paper, pricked through for copying, height 239 mm, width 304 mm.

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  • Accession Number: 2724
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 773 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 114.87kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2015:01:14 10:07:02

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19th Century animals British School carrying Cotman drawing easel equestrian Fitz_PDP graphite horses John Sell Cotman palette travellers travelling

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