English tapestry panel with Jacob and Esau

An image of Textile. Panel, one of a pair. Tapestry, depicting the story of 'Jacob and Esau'. Sheldon. Woven, 1558-1603. English. Elizabethan.

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Textile. Panel, one of a pair. Tapestry, depicting the story of 'Jacob and Esau'. Sheldon. Woven, 1558-1603. English. Elizabethan.

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Accession Number: T.7b-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 945 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 339.19kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2014:01:07 15:37:39

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16th Century 17th Century animal biblical birds blind costume deer dogs Elizabethan English Esau fields Fitz_AA fruits Genesis hounds hunter hunting huntsman Jacob (Old Testament) kneeling male Old Testament panel pears religious roses stags tapestry tent textile weaving woven

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