Rev. Wakefield, of Richmond, by John Downman

An image of Rev. Wakefield, of Richmond. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black and red chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on grey prepared paper, attached to mount sheet, height 231 mm, width 192 mm, 1778.

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Rev. Wakefield, of Richmond. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black and red chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on grey prepared paper, attached to mount sheet, height 231 mm, width 192 mm, 1778.

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Accession Number: 1871
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 814 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 540.98kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1

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