Gimcrack, with John Pratt up, on Newmarket Heath, by George Stubbs

An image of Gimcrack, with John Pratt up, on Newmarket Heath. Stubbs, George (British, 1724-1806). Oil on canvas, height 100 cm, width 124 cm. 1795. Acquisition Credit: From the Abbott, Fairhaven, Gow, Jones, Perceval, Webb and University Purchase Funds after a public appeal through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam with subscriptions led by their Majesties the Queen and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Victoria and Albert Museum Grant-in-Aid, the National Art Collections Fund, the Pilgrim Trust and the British Sporting Art Trust, through Michael Tollemache.

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Gimcrack, with John Pratt up, on Newmarket Heath. Stubbs, George (British, 1724-1806). Oil on canvas, height 100 cm, width 124 cm. 1795. Acquisition Credit: From the Abbott, Fairhaven, Gow, Jones, Perceval, Webb and University Purchase Funds after a public appeal through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam with subscriptions led by their Majesties the Queen and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Victoria and Albert Museum Grant-in-Aid, the National Art Collections Fund, the Pilgrim Trust and the British Sporting Art Trust, through Michael Tollemache.

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Accession Number: PD.7-1982
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 819 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 770.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2012:10:31 12:47:46

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