Highlanders resting at the Front, by Sargent

An image of Highlanders resting at the Front. Sargent, John Singer (American, 1856-1925). Watercolour over traces of graphite on paper, height 343mm, width 535mm, 20th Century.

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Highlanders resting at the Front. Sargent, John Singer (American, 1856-1925). Watercolour over traces of graphite on paper, height 343mm, width 535mm, 20th Century.

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Accession Number: 1151
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 654 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 177.56kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2009:11:03 17:46:31

Key words

20th Century army battlefield combat Edwardian exterior Fitz_PDP guns John Singer Sargent lying lying down male military regiment resting rifles Sargent Scottish sleeping soldiers tommys warfare wars wartime watercolour World War I World War One WW1

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