Sir Francis Ford, by John Downman

An image of Sir Francis Ford, Bart. Downman, John (British,1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk, with stump on grey prepared paper, some lines incised with a stylus, height 226 mm, width 189 mm, 1777.

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Sir Francis Ford, Bart. Downman, John (British,1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk, with stump on grey prepared paper, some lines incised with a stylus, height 226 mm, width 189 mm, 1777.

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Accession Number: 1830
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 848 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 165.20kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2013:07:16 12:00:25

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18th Century 458392 Artistic Movement British School Date Department English Fitz_PDP Georgian John Downman Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd chalk coat collar cravat drawing fashion grey wig high collar male necktie overcoat portraits powdered wig wigs Artist/Maker

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