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Summary
Artist
David Roberts
(1796–1864)
Alternative names
D. Roberts
Description
Scottish painter
Date of birth/death
24 October 1796
25 November 1864
Location of birth/death
Stockbridge, Edinburgh
London
Work location
Scotland, England
Authority file
: Q369776
VIAF: 32031417
ISNI: 0000000081109577
ULAN: 500000610
LCCN: n81126903
NLA: 35455252
WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q369776
Description
English: Persian water-wheel, used for irrigation in Nubia
Date
1838
date QS:P571,+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer
scan by User:Manfred Heyde
Other versions
Image:Pot chain irrigation 1846.jpg (less detailed scan from Library of Congress)
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Персидское колесо, использовавшееся для мелиорации в Нубии. Рис. 1838г. (типа чигирь)
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captured with
Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS
exposure time
0.0125 second
f-number
4.5
focal length
10.833 millimetre
ISO speed
80
media type
image/jpeg
instance of
photograph
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