Fountains Abbey, by John Sell Cotman

An image of Fountains Abbey. Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height 859 mm, width 606 mm, 1804.

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Fountains Abbey. Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height 859 mm, width 606 mm, 1804.

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Accession Number: 2750
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 721 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 778.21kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2011:11:21 18:04:05

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19th Century abbey arch arched arches architectural architecture archway Britain British British School Cotman ecclesiastical England English exterior Fitz_PDP Fountains Abbey Gothic John Sell Cotman Medieval overgrown Romanticism ruins watercolour Yorkshire

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