The Exhibition Viewing, by Thomas Rowlandson

An image of The Exhibition Viewing. Rowlandson, Thomas (British, 1756-1827). Pen and ink with watercolour on paper, height 134 mm, width 237 mm. Given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 2015.

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The Exhibition Viewing. Rowlandson, Thomas (British, 1756-1827). Pen and ink with watercolour on paper, height 134 mm, width 237 mm. Given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 2015.

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Accession Number: PD.216-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 598 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 152.44kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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