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Liber Studiorum: Plate 43, A Norfolk Plough

John Sell Cotman

Cleveland Museum of Art

A pencil drawing of a plough with large wheels and a seat. The plough is drawn in the center and oriented diagonally from lower left to upper right. It consists of a frame with two large wheels at the rear and one smaller wheel at the front. A seat and yoke are at the top. The wheels have spokes. The body of the plough is made of wood and has a metal blade. The drawing is on light brown paper with faint pencil marks in the background depicting trees and a field. The text "A Norfolk Plough" is written in cursive at the bottom center and "1814" is written in the bottom left corner.

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900 × 726 px
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