Wooded landscape with herdsmen on horseback and cows, by Thomas Gainsborough

An image of Wooded landscape with herdsmen on horseback and cows, shepherd and sheep and cottage. Gainsborough, Thomas (British, 1727-1788). Pen and grey ink with grey and grey-black wash, heightened with white, height, image, 260 mm, width, 347 mm, 1780-1785.

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Wooded landscape with herdsmen on horseback and cows, shepherd and sheep and cottage. Gainsborough, Thomas (British, 1727-1788). Pen and grey ink with grey and grey-black wash, heightened with white, height, image, 260 mm, width, 347 mm, 1780-1785.

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Accession Number: PD.13-2010
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 776 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 173.64kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2010:10:30 14:52:40

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18th Century animal animals British School cattle cows drawing exterior Fitz_PDP flock flock of sheep Gainsborough herd herder herding herdsman horseback horses landscape rural sheep shepherds Thomas Gainsborough wooded woodland woods

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