A windy day, by Jacob Cats

An image of A windy day. Cats, Jacob (Dutch, 1741-1799). Pen, brown ink, with watercolour and traces of bodycolour, and a line of grey wash bordering it on all sides, on paper laid down on card, height 195 mm, width 292 mm, 1794.

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A windy day. Cats, Jacob (Dutch, 1741-1799). Pen, brown ink, with watercolour and traces of bodycolour, and a line of grey wash bordering it on all sides, on paper laid down on card, height 195 mm, width 292 mm, 1794.

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Accession Number: PD.237-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 680 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 139.92kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:03:03 09:50:06

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18th Century animal animals blustery boats canals dogs drawing Dutch exterior Fitz_PDP flat horseback horses Jacob Cats roads sailing sailing vessels sails travel travellers travelling watercolour weather white horse wind windy

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