The Noonday Halt by John Frederick Lewis

An image of The Noonday Halt. Lewis, John Frederick (British artist, 1805-1876). Watercolour and bodycolour reinforced with gum arabic over traces of graphite on thin card, mounted with false margins. Height 409 mm, width 570 mm. 1853.

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The Noonday Halt. Lewis, John Frederick (British artist, 1805-1876). Watercolour and bodycolour reinforced with gum arabic over traces of graphite on thin card, mounted with false margins. Height 409 mm, width 570 mm. 1853.

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Accession Number: 716
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 735 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 235.09kB
Captured: 2007:11:27 15:49:54

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