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Catherine, wife of William Blake, seated by the fire, by George Cumberland

Image attached to PD.189-1985

An image of "Catherine, wife of William Blake" seated by the fire. Cumberland, George (British, 1754-1848). Point of the brush, blue wash over black chalk on paper, height 200 mm, width 177 mm.

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"Catherine, wife of William Blake" seated by the fire. Cumberland, George (British, 1754-1848). Point of the brush, blue wash over black chalk on paper, height 200 mm, width 177 mm.

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  • Accession Number: PD.189-1985
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 919 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 137.89kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2014:04:16 14:59:17

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18th Century 19th Century 458392 Artistic Movement British School Catherine Blake Date Department English Fitz_PDP George Cumberland Nationalities Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd bonnet clothes clothing costume domestic drawing fashion female fireplaces hats lady portraits seated shawl sitting warm warming hands woman Artist/Maker

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rgb(227,223,211), rgb(110,112,110), rgb(159,161,158), rgb(189,191,186), rgb(132,131,129), rgb(190,184,162), rgb(181,171,160), rgb(149,142,122), rgb(208,200,177), rgb(247,244,226), rgb(204,188,172)

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