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A woman holding a small watch and a closed fan

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An image of A woman holding a small watch and a closed fan. British School. Unknown. Young woman three quarter length standing; wearing a low dress with elaborate lace sleeves; she holds a closed fan in her left hand, and a small watch in her right; her eyes are cast down; behind her to the right is a balcony and beyond that some trees and a building. Mezzotint, circa 1750-1770.

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A woman holding a small watch and a closed fan. British School. Unknown. Young woman three quarter length standing; wearing a low dress with elaborate lace sleeves; she holds a closed fan in her left hand, and a small watch in her right; her eyes are cast down; behind her to the right is a balcony and beyond that some trees and a building. Mezzotint, circa 1750-1770.

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  • Accession Number: P.379-1947
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Elenor Ling
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 797 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 160.32kB

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18th Century Artistic Movement British School Date Department English Fitz_PDP Georgian Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Roccoco Rococo Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd bodice clothes clothing costume decolletage decollete dress fans fashion fashionable female hair hairstyle lace lacy lady lady of leisure mezzotint print sleeve woman

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rgb(195,184,164), rgb(66,61,54), rgb(131,121,106), rgb(155,148,130), rgb(97,90,77), rgb(164,148,131), rgb(107,99,92), rgb(108,108,91), rgb(84,84,69), rgb(151,140,132), rgb(172,156,116)

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