Portrait of an unknown man, by Louis Leopold Boilly

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

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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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