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Mrs Robert Cooke, by John Downman

Image attached to 1938

An image of Downman, John. Mrs Robert Cooke(e). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper attached to mount sheet. 1779.

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Downman, John. Mrs Robert Cooke(e). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper attached to mount sheet. 1779.

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  • Accession Number: 1938
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Photographer name: Image Library
  • Image height: 1004 pixels
  • Image width: 881 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 313.74kB
  • Captured: 2010:01:15 00:00:00

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