Unknown Lady, by Isaac Oliver I

An image of Miniature. Unknown Lady. Oliver, Isaac I (British, 1556(?)-1617). Watercolour on vellum on card, height 52 mm, width 41 mm, 1595-1600. Production Note: Perhaps of the Vavasour family.

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Miniature. Unknown Lady. Oliver, Isaac I (British, 1556(?)-1617). Watercolour on vellum on card, height 52 mm, width 41 mm, 1595-1600. Production Note: Perhaps of the Vavasour family.

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Accession Number: 3868
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 804 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 469.52kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 14/1
Captured: 2018:03:20 14:13:04

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16th Century aristocracy aristocratic black dress blue British School clothes clothing collar costume dress English fashion fashionable female Fitz_PDP hats high collar Isaac Oliver lace lace collar lacy lady miniature Oliver oval painting pale pearls portrait miniature portraits ruff ruffle ruffled society portraiture Tudor Period vellum watercolour woman

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