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). Lord Fitzwilliam's print album. Ficquet, Etienne (French, 1719-1794). 1762. Engraving, etching, 18th century. Production Note: 40 plates. Alternative Number: Nagler (Knstler-Lexicon); Vol. 4, p. 316-7. BN Inventaire (17thC); 156. Faucheux; 162 V/V. Finished, state with the lettering.

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Accession Number: 32.K.15-32
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 664 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 847.12kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:07:29 11:54:22

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18th Century album authors Enlightenment Etienne Ficquet Ficquet Fitz_PDP Francois-Marie Arouet French historian historical historical figures intellectual male oval philosopher philosophy portraits print print album thinker Voltaire wigs writer writing

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