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Mrs Elizabeth Nation, Old Mrs Nation, by John Downman

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An image of Mrs Elizabeth Nation. Old Mrs Nation. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet, height 225 mm, width 190 mm, 1780. Notes: by L.C.G. Clarke, "apparently the Mrs Nation who made a considerable fortune in High Street Exeter as a retailer of snuff and tobacco. The business is still in existence". 2nd Series, Vol, IV, No. 23.

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Mrs Elizabeth Nation. Old Mrs Nation. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet, height 225 mm, width 190 mm, 1780. Notes: by L.C.G. Clarke, "apparently the Mrs Nation who made a considerable fortune in High Street Exeter as a retailer of snuff and tobacco. The business is still in existence". 2nd Series, Vol, IV, No. 23.

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  • Accession Number: 1915
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 864 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
  • Filesize: 227.36kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2016:06:01 14:20:43

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