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William Aiton, by John Cox Dillman Engleheart

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An image of Engleheart, John Cox Dillman. 
William Aiton 1731-93. Watercolour on ivory. 1793.

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Engleheart, John Cox Dillman. William Aiton 1731-93. Watercolour on ivory. 1793.

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  • Accession Number: 3913
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Image Library
  • Image height: 760 pixels
  • Image width: 511 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 73.83kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2010:01:20 20:19:15

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