Study of a cow, lying down, by James Ward

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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