An underground shrine: figures kneeling before a pieta, by Richard Wilson

An image of An underground shrine: figures kneeling before a pieta. Wilson, Richard (British, 1714-1782). Black chalk heightened with white chalk on paper, height 114 mm, width 89 mm. Batchelor Collection.

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An underground shrine: figures kneeling before a pieta. Wilson, Richard (British, 1714-1782). Black chalk heightened with white chalk on paper, height 114 mm, width 89 mm. Batchelor Collection.

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Accession Number: PD.200-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 863 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.03MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:03:09 11:37:58

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18th Century _WF_Batchelor British School chalk Christianity devotional devout drawing Fitz_PDP kneeling lantern pieta religion religious Richard Wilson shrine underground

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