A woman holding a small watch and a closed fan

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A woman holding a small watch and a closed fan. British School. Unknown. Young woman three quarter length standing; wearing a low dress with elaborate lace sleeves; she holds a closed fan in her left hand, and a small watch in her right; her eyes are cast down; behind her to the right is a balcony and beyond that some trees and a building. Mezzotint, circa 1750-1770.

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Accession Number: P.379-1947
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Elenor Ling
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 797 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 160.32kB

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18th Century Artistic Movement British School Date Department English Fitz_PDP Georgian Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Roccoco Rococo Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd bodice clothes clothing costume decolletage decollete dress fans fashion fashionable female hair hairstyle lace lacy lady lady of leisure mezzotint print sleeve woman

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