Engraved carnelian gem with a philosopher

An image of Engraved gems/Ringstone. Portrait of philosopher. Intaglio cutting, impression. Circa 1701-1900. Neoclassical.

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Engraved gems/Ringstone. Portrait of philosopher. Intaglio cutting, impression. Circa 1701-1900. Neoclassical.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.793
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 57.21kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:05:02 16:12:31

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18th Century 19th Century _WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD antiquity bearded beards carnelian cornelian engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gem gemstones heads incised intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry male neo-classical Neoclassical orange philosopher philosophy profile ring ringstone thinker

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