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The Chelsea Pensioners reading the news of the Battle of Waterloo, by David Wilkie

Image attached to PD.199-2015

An image of Design for 'The Chelsea Pensioners reading the news of the Battle of Waterloo'. Wilkie, David (British, 1785-1841). Pen and brown ink, 1820. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.
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Design for 'The Chelsea Pensioners reading the news of the Battle of Waterloo'. Wilkie, David (British, 1785-1841). Pen and brown ink, 1820. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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  • Accession Number: PD.199-2015
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 649 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 187.30kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2018:01:22 11:28:14

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor Battle of Waterloo British School Chelsea Pensioners David Wilkie drawing Fitz_PDP sketch veterans Waterloo Wilkie

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