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Mr Henry Ley, by John Downman

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An image of Downman, John. Mr Henry Ley. Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on brown laid paper attached to mount sheet. 1779.

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Downman, John. Mr Henry Ley. Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on brown laid paper attached to mount sheet. 1779.

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  • Accession Number: 1941
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Photographer name: Image Library
  • Image height: 1004 pixels
  • Image width: 805 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 256.21kB
  • Captured: 2010:01:15 15:05:11

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18th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd British clothes clothing coat costume cuffs Department Drawing English Fitz_PDP Georgian John Downman Location (country of origin) male Other Keywords portraits society wigs Workflow

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