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Caricature of G.F. Handel 'The Charming Brute', by Goupy

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An image of Caricature of G.F. Handel: "The Charming Brute". Goupy, Joseph (British, c.1680-1770). Gouache, black and coloured chalks on paper, laid down on canvas, height 393 mm, width 323 mm.

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Caricature of G.F. Handel: "The Charming Brute". Goupy, Joseph (British, c.1680-1770). Gouache, black and coloured chalks on paper, laid down on canvas, height 393 mm, width 323 mm.

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  • Accession Number: 961
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 831 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 828.62kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2014:10:20 10:34:05

Key words

18th Century birds blue coat British School caricature chalk coat comedic comedy comic composer drawing drums early music English Fitz_PDP frock coat Georgian gouache grotesque Handel horses Joseph Goupy male music musical musical instruments musician organ organ pipes owls playing playing an instrument wigs

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rgb(120,107,86), rgb(138,144,142), rgb(60,58,53), rgb(192,180,159), rgb(155,165,166), rgb(162,138,105), rgb(174,182,177), rgb(80,77,65), rgb(78,59,49), rgb(147,148,123), rgb(88,69,44)

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