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Volume of Graphite Portraits (cover), by John Flaxman

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An image of Volume of Graphite Portraits. Flaxman, John (British, 1755-1826). Sketchbook with marbled end boards and brown leather spine. Graphite on paper, height (leaf) 178 mm, width 210 mm; height (cover board) 184 mm, width 218 mm, 1801.

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Volume of Graphite Portraits. Flaxman, John (British, 1755-1826). Sketchbook with marbled end boards and brown leather spine. Graphite on paper, height (leaf) 178 mm, width 210 mm; height (cover board) 184 mm, width 218 mm, 1801.

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  • Accession Number: 828
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Camera: Leaf Valeo 22(LF3050 )/Mamiya RB 67
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
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  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 219.12kB
  • Exposure time: 1/17
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2011:10:12 10:28:48

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19th Century British cover English Fitz_PDP John Flaxman leather sketch sketchbook

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