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Ivory portrait bust of Carl Theodor, Elector Palatine

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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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