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An unknown man with the Cross of St Louis, by John Smart

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An image of An unknown man, presumably an émigré, wearing the Cross of St Louis. Smart, John (British, 1741-1811). Watercolour on ivory, height 58 mm, width 44 mm, 1790. Production Place: India.

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An unknown man, presumably an émigré, wearing the Cross of St Louis. Smart, John (British, 1741-1811). Watercolour on ivory, height 58 mm, width 44 mm, 1790. Production Place: India.

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  • Accession Number: PD.1-1993
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 862 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 257.95kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2015:04:16 15:21:49

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