The Effect of a Passing Shower, by Peter De Wint

An image of The Effect of a Passing Shower. De Wint, Peter (British, 1784-1849). Watercolour with gum Arabic on paper, height 321 mm, width 477 mm.

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The Effect of a Passing Shower. De Wint, Peter (British, 1784-1849). Watercolour with gum Arabic on paper, height 321 mm, width 477 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.132-1950
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 648 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 148.22kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2015:04:10 10:13:16

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