Ivory portrait bust of Carl Theodor, Elector Palatine

An image of Sculpture / Bust. Portrait Bust of Carl Theodor, Elector Palatine. Full-face, wearing periwig, cravat and armour. His monogram, CT, is carved in relief on the left arm. Ivory carved in the round, height, whole, 9.4 cm, width, whole, 7.5 cm, 1764. German.

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Sculpture / Bust. Portrait Bust of Carl Theodor, Elector Palatine. Full-face, wearing periwig, cravat and armour. His monogram, CT, is carved in relief on the left arm. Ivory carved in the round, height, whole, 9.4 cm, width, whole, 7.5 cm, 1764. German.

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Accession Number: M.17-1948
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 741 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 387.53kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2013:01:30 16:27:11

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18th Century bust carved cravat Fitz_AA German ivory jowels male periwig portraits powdered wig sculpture wigs

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