Portrait of Gertrude Leveson-Gower, by Gainsborough

An image of Portrait of Gertrude Leveson-Gower, 4th Duchess of Bedford. Gainsborough, Thomas (British, 1727-1788). Pastel on grey paper, height 262 mm, width 224 mm, circa 1767.

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Portrait of Gertrude Leveson-Gower, 4th Duchess of Bedford. Gainsborough, Thomas (British, 1727-1788). Pastel on grey paper, height 262 mm, width 224 mm, circa 1767.

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Accession Number: PD.2-2019
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 875 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 686.57kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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18th Century aristocracy aristocratic blue ribbon British School clothes clothing dress duchess earrings fashion female Fitz_PDP fur collar Gainsborough Georgian gown grey wig hair hairstyle high hair lady oval pastel portraits ribbon ribbons Thomas Gainsborough upper class wigs

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