Tintern Abbey, by Paul Sandby

An image of Tintern Abbey. Sandby, Paul (British, 1725-1809). Graphite and watercolour on paper, height 276 mm, width 437 mm, 18th Century.

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Tintern Abbey. Sandby, Paul (British, 1725-1809). Graphite and watercolour on paper, height 276 mm, width 437 mm, 18th Century.

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Accession Number: 1538
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 646 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 140.14kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2014:03:13 14:46:15

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18th Century 458392 Artistic Movement British School Country of origin Date Department English Fitz_PDP Interior/Exterior Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Paul Sandby Places Names Tintern Tintern Abbey Wales Welsh Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd abbey architectural architecture boats drawing ecclesiastical exterior landscape monastic monks river ruins watercolour Artist/Maker

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