Rev. Lancaster Adkin, of Norwich, by John Downman

An image of Rev. Lancaster Adkin, of Norwich. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on brown laid paper, attached to mount sheet, height 228 mm, width 184 mm, 1778.

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Rev. Lancaster Adkin, of Norwich. Downman, John (British, 1750-1824). Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on brown laid paper, attached to mount sheet, height 228 mm, width 184 mm, 1778.

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Accession Number: 1870
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 834 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.02MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:03:14 13:24:28

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