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Pamela and Mr.B in the summer house, by Laurent Truchy after Joseph Highmore

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An image of Pamela and Mr.B in the summer house. Plate 2. Adventures of Pamela. Truchy, Laurent (French, 1721 (1731?)-1764). After Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Richardson, Samuel, author. Etching, engraving, 1745.

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Pamela and Mr.B in the summer house. Plate 2. Adventures of Pamela. Truchy, Laurent (French, 1721 (1731?)-1764). After Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Richardson, Samuel, author. Etching, engraving, 1745.

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  • Accession Number: P.17-1979
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 815 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 214.40kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 13/1

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18th Century amorous aristocracy aristocratic breeches British School buckled shoes characters clothes clothing coat costume couple coyness demure dress Early Rococo English engraving etching fashion fashionable female Fitz_PDP French frock coat gentleman Georgian gown grey wig hats Highmore homes houses interior Joseph Highmore ladies lady Laurent Truchy literary literary figures maidens maids maidservant male man overcoat Pamela pink dress powdered wig pretty print rakish Rococo romance Samuel Richardson seduction servant shoes society stately home stockings summer house summerhouse three cornered tiny waist tricorn tricorne trousers Truchy tryst virtue virtuous waistcoats wigs windows woman young youthful

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