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Benjamin Stead, by John Downman

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An image of Benjamin Stead. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black and red chalk, with white highlights on grey prepared paper, some lines incised with a stylus, height 237 mm, width 193 mm, 1777. Acquistion: National Art Collections Fund.

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Benjamin Stead. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black and red chalk, with white highlights on grey prepared paper, some lines incised with a stylus, height 237 mm, width 193 mm, 1777. Acquistion: National Art Collections Fund.

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  • Accession Number: 1820
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 837 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 566.67kB
  • Captured: 2010:01:15 15:01:19

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18th Century _WF_ArtFund British School clothes clothing coat costume cravat Downman drawing English fashion fashionable Fitz_PDP gentleman Georgian John Downman male necktie overcoat portraits ribbon society portraiture young

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