Colonel Thomas Thornton

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Unknown. Colonel Thomas Thornton 1757-1823. Watercolour on ivory.

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Accession Number: PD.5-1950
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 577 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 81.55kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2010:01:25 16:07:06

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