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Winter scene with men spearing fish, by Jacob Cats

Image attached to PD.241-1963

An image of Winter scene with men spearing fish. Cats, Jacob (Dutch, 1741-1799). Pen, black ink, grey and brown wash over black chalk, on laid paper, height 185 mm, width 257 mm.

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Winter scene with men spearing fish. Cats, Jacob (Dutch, 1741-1799). Pen, black ink, grey and brown wash over black chalk, on laid paper, height 185 mm, width 257 mm.

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  • Accession Number: PD.241-1963
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 737 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 119.99kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

Key words

18th Century barrel cold drawing Dutch exterior fisherfolk fisherman fishermen fishing Fitz_PDP frozen horse and cart horse drawn horse drawn carriage horses Jacob Cats peasants seasons spear spearing spears Winter winter scene wintry

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