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Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place for their letters, by Antoine Benoist after Joseph Highmore

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An image of Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place for their letters. Plate 6. Adventures of Pamela. Benoist, Antoine (French, in Britain, 1721-1770). After Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Richardson, Samuel, author. Etching, engraving, 1745.

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Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place for their letters. Plate 6. Adventures of Pamela. Benoist, Antoine (French, in Britain, 1721-1770). After Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Richardson, Samuel, author. Etching, engraving, 1745.

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  • Accession Number: P.21-1979
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 812 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 1.03MB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 13/1

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18th Century Antoine Benoist Benoist bonnet British British School characters churchman clothes clothing covert dress Early Rococo English engraving etching exterior fashion fashionable female fictional Fitz_PDP flowers French gardens Georgian gown hiding hiding place Highmore Jonathan Richardson Joseph Highmore ladies lady literary figures maids maidservant male minister Pamela print Rococo secret servant sunflowers walled garden woman

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