The Hon. Mrs Peirse, by Jeremias Majer

An image of The Hon. Mrs Peirse. Majer, Jeremias (German, 1735-1789). Watercolour on ivory, height 38 mm, width 33 mm, circa 1780.

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The Hon. Mrs Peirse. Majer, Jeremias (German, 1735-1789). Watercolour on ivory, height 38 mm, width 33 mm, circa 1780.

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Accession Number: PD.959-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 897 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 403.17kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 45/1

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18th Century aristocracy aristocratic blue blue eyes fashion fashionable female Fitz_PDP Georgian German hair hairstyle high hair ivory Jeremiah Meyer Jeremias Majer miniature oval pale blue portrait miniature portraits society portraiture upper class watercolour woman

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