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Portrait of an unknown man, by Louis Leopold Boilly

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An image of Portrait of an unknown man. Boilly, Louis Léopold (French, 1761-1845). Black chalk, heightened with white, on white paper, height 220 mm, width 175 mm.

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Portrait of an unknown man. Boilly, Louis Léopold (French, 1761-1845). Black chalk, heightened with white, on white paper, height 220 mm, width 175 mm.

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  • Accession Number: PD.34-1973
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 872 pixels
  • Image width: 727 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 515.98kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

Key words

18th Century 19th Century Boilly chalk coat costume drawing fashion Fitz_PDP French Louis Leopold Boilly male necktie oval overcoat portraits society portraiture waistcoats

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rgb(69,64,58), rgb(232,220,195), rgb(147,138,123), rgb(171,164,145), rgb(123,116,104), rgb(180,164,146), rgb(111,103,93), rgb(98,92,83), rgb(163,155,148), rgb(116,107,108), rgb(182,172,140)

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