Buying Fish, by George Morland

An image of Buying Fish. Morland, George (British, 1763-1804). Oil on panel, height 31.2 cm, width 37.2 cm. Production Note: Probably a sketch for Morland's larger painting of this subject (25x30in.), engraved in mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1799.

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Buying Fish. Morland, George (British, 1763-1804). Oil on panel, height 31.2 cm, width 37.2 cm. Production Note: Probably a sketch for Morland's larger painting of this subject (25x30in.), engraved in mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1799.

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Accession Number: PD.16-1997
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 857 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 147.34kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2012:12:20 11:39:30

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18th Century animal animals baskets beach British School buying coast coastal dogs English equestrian exterior female fish fisherfolk fisherman fisherwoman fisherwomen Fitz_PDP genre George Morland Georgian horseback horses Morland mounted oil on panel painting peasants seashore seller selling shore vendor white horse woman

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