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Mrs Elizabeth Birch and her daughter, by Joseph Highmore

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An image of Mrs Elizabeth Birch and her daughter. Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Oil on canvas, height, canvas, 119.1 cm, width, canvas, 97.2 cm; height, frame, 138.8 cm, width, frame, 116.2 cm, depth, frame, 10 cm, 
1741.

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Mrs Elizabeth Birch and her daughter. Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Oil on canvas, height, canvas, 119.1 cm, width, canvas, 97.2 cm; height, frame, 138.8 cm, width, frame, 116.2 cm, depth, frame, 10 cm, 1741.

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  • Accession Number: 646
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 996 pixels
  • Image width: 810 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 199.84kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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