Alexander Pope, by John Michael Rysbrack

An image of Bust/Sculpture. Alexander Pope (1688-1744). Rysbrack, John Michael (Briitsh, 1694-1770). The sitter's head is turned to the front, held a little forward and looking slightly right. His hair curls at the nape of the neck, he is clean-shaven. His throat is bare, shirt open and the waist-coat is unbuttoned. The shoulders are draped in a cloak. Terracotta, height 22 1/2 inches, 1760.

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Bust/Sculpture. Alexander Pope (1688-1744). Rysbrack, John Michael (Briitsh, 1694-1770). The sitter's head is turned to the front, held a little forward and looking slightly right. His hair curls at the nape of the neck, he is clean-shaven. His throat is bare, shirt open and the waist-coat is unbuttoned. The shoulders are draped in a cloak. Terracotta, height 22 1/2 inches, 1760.

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Accession Number: M.3-1932
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1050 pixels
Image width: 788 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 505.99kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2010:10:30 18:17:27

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