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Pigs, by James Ward

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An image of Pigs. Ward, James (British, 1769-1859). Oil on canvas, height 38.1 cm, width 59.1 cm, not before 1793.

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Pigs. Ward, James (British, 1769-1859). Oil on canvas, height 38.1 cm, width 59.1 cm, not before 1793.

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  • Accession Number: 2577
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/11.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 656 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 140.70kB
  • Exposure time: 1/180
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 11/1
  • Captured: 2014:12:01 10:35:23

Key words

18th Century animal animals British School English exterior farming farmyard Fitz_PDP James Ward livestock oil on canvas painting piglets pigs recumbent sleeping sleepy

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