Washing Sheep, Bentley, by Constable

An image of Constable, John. Washing Sheep, Bentley. (1816).
Graphite on paper.

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Constable, John. Washing Sheep, Bentley. (1816). Graphite on paper.

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Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 744 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 305.45kB
Captured: 2010:01:20 09:40:33

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19th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd Britain British Constable Department Drawing England English exterior farmer farmhouses farming Fitz_PDP livestock Location (country of origin) Other Keywords Romanticism rural rustic sheep sketch Workflow

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