Major Sir Alexander Allan, by John Smart

An image of Major Sir Alexander Allan, Bart 1764-1820. Smart, John (British, 1741-1811). Watercolour on ivory, height 53 mm, width 40 mm, 1787.

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Major Sir Alexander Allan, Bart 1764-1820. Smart, John (British, 1741-1811). Watercolour on ivory, height 53 mm, width 40 mm, 1787.

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Accession Number: 3881
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 887 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 276.09kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2015:04:16 14:37:01

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