Men-of-war and other ships, by Simon de Vlieger

An image of Men-of-war and other ships, fishermen on the shore to the left. Vlieger, Simon de (Dutch, c.1600-1653). Black chalk, washed in brown and grey, on paper, height 195 mm, width 283 mm.

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Men-of-war and other ships, fishermen on the shore to the left. Vlieger, Simon de (Dutch, c.1600-1653). Black chalk, washed in brown and grey, on paper, height 195 mm, width 283 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.869-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 707 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 694.82kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:09:08 11:06:26

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17th Century chalk de Vlieger drawing Dutch exterior fisherfolk fisherman fishermen Fitz_PDP frigate Man-of-war marine maritime Men-of-war rigging sailing sailing ship sailing vessels sails sea seascape shipping ships Simon de Vlieger warship

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