Portrait medallion of an unknown man, by David Le Marchand

An image of Sculpture / Medallion. Portrait Medallion of an Unknown Man. Le Marchand, David (French in GBR, 1674-1726). Ivory, carved in high relief, height, whole, 8 1/2 in, width, whole, 6 1/4 in, circa 1700-1726. English, French maker.

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Sculpture / Medallion. Portrait Medallion of an Unknown Man. Le Marchand, David (French in GBR, 1674-1726). Ivory, carved in high relief, height, whole, 8 1/2 in, width, whole, 6 1/4 in, circa 1700-1726. English, French maker.

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Accession Number: M.5-1945
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 965 pixels
Image width: 735 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 406.48kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:01:30 13:19:46

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18th Century Baroque carved clothes clothing costume curls curly David Le Marchand English fashion Fitz_AA Georgian hair hairstyle ivory male medallion periwig portraits relief sculpture wigs

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