A Beech Wood with Gypsies Round a Campfire, by Turner

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A Beech Wood with Gypsies round a Campfire. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Oil on paper, laid down on panel, height 27 cm, width 19 cm, circa 1799.

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Accession Number: PD.25-1981
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 723 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 751.76kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2018:11:19 05:32:01

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18th Century Autumn autumnal beech trees beech woods boughs branches Britain British School camp campfire camping campsite countryside encampment England exterior Fall fire Fitz_PDP forest forest scene forested gipsies gipsy gypsies gypsy Joseph Mallord William Turner landscape oil on panel oil on paper painting panel resting Romany rural rustic seasons travellers tree trunks trees Turner wooded woodland woods

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