Winter scene with men spearing fish, by Jacob Cats

An image of Winter scene with men spearing fish. Cats, Jacob (Dutch, 1741-1799). Pen, black ink, grey and brown wash over black chalk, on laid paper, height 185 mm, width 257 mm.

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Winter scene with men spearing fish. Cats, Jacob (Dutch, 1741-1799). Pen, black ink, grey and brown wash over black chalk, on laid paper, height 185 mm, width 257 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.241-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 737 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 119.99kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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18th Century barrel cold drawing Dutch exterior fisherfolk fisherman fishermen fishing Fitz_PDP frozen horse and cart horse drawn horse drawn carriage horses Jacob Cats peasants seasons spear spearing spears Winter winter scene wintry

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