Shoreham Bay, near Brighton, by Constable

An image of Shoreham Bay, near Brighton (1824). Constable, John (British, 1776-1837). Oil on paper laid down on canvas, height 14.9 cm, width 24.9 cm, 1824.

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Shoreham Bay, near Brighton (1824). Constable, John (British, 1776-1837). Oil on paper laid down on canvas, height 14.9 cm, width 24.9 cm, 1824.

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Accession Number: PD.21-1969
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 611 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 117.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:11:23 11:26:05

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19th Century beach Brighton Britain British British Isles British School channel clouds cloudy coast coastal coastline Constable East Sussex England English exterior Fitz_PDP Great Britain John Constable landscape oil on paper Other Keywords painting panel Romanticism sea seascape seashore seaside shore Shoreham Sussex UK United Kingdom

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