The foot of the cliff, by David Cox, the elder

An image of Recto: The foot of the cliff. A page from a sketchbook, unsigned. Cox, David, the elder (British, 1783-1859). Graphite on paper, 19th century. Batchelor Collection.

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Recto: The foot of the cliff. A page from a sketchbook, unsigned. Cox, David, the elder (British, 1783-1859). Graphite on paper, 19th century. Batchelor Collection.

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Accession Number: PD.75-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 732 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 687.30kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:01:24 16:28:23

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor beach British School cliff face cliffs coast coastal coastline David Cox David Cox the elder drawing Fitz_PDP graphite seashore shore shoreline sketch sketchbook

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