Wherries at Anchor on Breydon Water, by John Sell Cotman

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Wherries at Anchor on Breydon Water. Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Oil on canvas, height 51 cm, width 73.5 cm, circa 1810.

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Accession Number: PD.9-1988
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 709 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 133.13kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 13/1

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19th Century birds boats Britain British School calm water England English exterior ferry Fitz_PDP Great Yarmouth gulls John Sell Cotman masts Norfolk oil on canvas painting river rural seagulls seascape shore vessel

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