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

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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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