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Study of a cow, lying down, by James Ward

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An image of Study of a cow, lying down. Ward, James (British, 1769-1859). Graphite and watercolour on paper, height 184 mm, width 255 mm. Production Note: A study for the painting "Landscape with cattle" (1820.22. Tate Gallery). A smaller version, dated 1835, is in Nottingham Art Gallery.

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Study of a cow, lying down. Ward, James (British, 1769-1859). Graphite and watercolour on paper, height 184 mm, width 255 mm. Production Note: A study for the painting "Landscape with cattle" (1820.22. Tate Gallery). A smaller version, dated 1835, is in Nottingham Art Gallery.

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  • Accession Number: 3385B
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 736 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 103.55kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1

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19th Century animal animals British School cattle cows drawing Fitz_PDP James Ward livestock lying lying down recumbent watercolour

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