Mrs Elizabeth Nation, Old Mrs Nation, by John Downman

An image of Mrs Elizabeth Nation. Old Mrs Nation. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet, height 225 mm, width 190 mm, 1780. Notes: by L.C.G. Clarke, "apparently the Mrs Nation who made a considerable fortune in High Street Exeter as a retailer of snuff and tobacco. The business is still in existence". 2nd Series, Vol, IV, No. 23.

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Mrs Elizabeth Nation. Old Mrs Nation. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet, height 225 mm, width 190 mm, 1780. Notes: by L.C.G. Clarke, "apparently the Mrs Nation who made a considerable fortune in High Street Exeter as a retailer of snuff and tobacco. The business is still in existence". 2nd Series, Vol, IV, No. 23.

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Accession Number: 1915
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 864 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
Filesize: 227.36kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:06:01 14:20:43

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