Woman washing clothes at sunset, by Samuel Palmer

An image of Woman washing clothes at sunset. Palmer, Samuel (British, 1805-1881). Watercolour over graphite with gum Arabic, height, image, 125 mm, width, image, 173 mm, 1847. Production Note: Drawn while giving a lesson to H. Jukers.

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Woman washing clothes at sunset. Palmer, Samuel (British, 1805-1881). Watercolour over graphite with gum Arabic, height, image, 125 mm, width, image, 173 mm, 1847. Production Note: Drawn while giving a lesson to H. Jukers.

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Accession Number: PD.28-2010
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 741 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 253.62kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2010:10:30 16:21:43

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19th Century 458392 Artistic Movement British School Date Department English Fitz_PDP Interior/Exterior Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Samuel Palmer Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd drawing evening exterior landscape setting sun sun sunbeams sunlight sunset twilight washing washing clothes watercolour woman Artist/Maker

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