George John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, by John Downman

An image of Downman, John. George John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1777). drawing (black and red chalk, with stump and white highlights on paper, some lines incised with a stylus (red chalk applied to verso), laid down on another sheet).

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Downman, John. George John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1777). drawing (black and red chalk, with stump and white highlights on paper, some lines incised with a stylus (red chalk applied to verso), laid down on another sheet).

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Accession Number: 1832
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 1004 pixels
Image width: 842 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 274.76kB
Captured: 2010:01:15 14:59:34

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