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Unknown Lady, by Isaac Oliver I

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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

Key words

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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rgb(148,139,120), rgb(96,91,75), rgb(4,4,4), rgb(37,86,111), rgb(51,50,47), rgb(37,97,132), rgb(122,132,130), rgb(50,59,70), rgb(239,233,207), rgb(132,92,52), rgb(28,36,28)

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