The Countess of Strathmore, by John Downman

An image of Downman, John (draughtsman)
The Countess of Strathmore (1781)
drawing (graphite, black and red chalk with stump on paper (red chalk applied to the verso), attached to mount sheet)

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Downman, John (draughtsman) The Countess of Strathmore (1781) drawing (graphite, black and red chalk with stump on paper (red chalk applied to the verso), attached to mount sheet)

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Accession Number: 1868
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 1004 pixels
Image width: 874 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 146.39kB
Captured: 2010:01:20 09:31:05

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