Miss Elizabeth Monro, by John Downman

An image of Miss Elizabeth Monro. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Laid down on recto of album sheet, surrounded by drawn ink line. Black and red chalk, with stump, watercolour and white highlights on paper, laid down (chalk and/or watercolour applied to verso), height 213 mm, width 176 mm, 1789.

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Miss Elizabeth Monro. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Laid down on recto of album sheet, surrounded by drawn ink line. Black and red chalk, with stump, watercolour and white highlights on paper, laid down (chalk and/or watercolour applied to verso), height 213 mm, width 176 mm, 1789.

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Accession Number: 2314.14
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 845 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 658.09kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:06:08 14:48:05

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18th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement British School Date Downman English Georgian John Downman Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords album bodice bouffant chalk clothes coiffure drawing dress fashion fashionable female grey wig hair hairstyle headscarf ladies lady oval portraits society portraiture wigs woman young youth

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