Portrait of François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

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Print Album. Portrait of François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire. Portraits engraved by Etienne Ficquet. Odieuvre, Michel, publisher (French, 1687-1756). Ficquet, Etienne (French, 1719-1794). Engraving, etching, 1762. Lord Fitzwilliam's print album. Production Note: 40 plates. Alternative Number: Nagler (Knstler-Lexicon); Vol. 4, p. 316-7. BN Inventaire (17thC); 156. Faucheux; 162 IV/V. Finished, before all lettering.

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Accession Number: 32.K.15-31
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Image width: 680 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
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Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:07:29 11:55:10

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