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Arctic Adventure, by Abraham Hondius

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An image of Arctic Adventure. Hondius, Abraham (Dutch, c.1625/30-1691). Oil on canvas, height 55.4 cm, width 84.7 cm, 1677.

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Arctic Adventure. Hondius, Abraham (Dutch, c.1625/30-1691). Oil on canvas, height 55.4 cm, width 84.7 cm, 1677.

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  • Accession Number: 355
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 675 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 95.61kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 13/1
  • Captured: 2013:10:03 14:19:40

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17th Century Abraham Hondius adventure adventurers Arctic Dutch exploration explorers exterior Fitz_PDP freezing Hondius hunter hunting ice iceberg intrepid meteorological oil on canvas painting polar bear sea seascape setting sun sheds shipping ships shipwreck shooting sun sunlight sunset weather

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rgb(32,31,25), rgb(90,79,59), rgb(128,117,93), rgb(63,56,40), rgb(51,52,36), rgb(117,76,59), rgb(107,106,92), rgb(108,116,97), rgb(68,68,60), rgb(68,76,56), rgb(124,84,52)

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