Portrait medallion of James MacLean, by James Tassie

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Portrait medallion of James MacLean. Tassie, James (Scottish, 1735-1799). Relief portrait of James MacLean in profile to right on an opaque white background, mounted in an oval, glazed pearwood frame, with a gilt edge next to the medallion, and a gilt-metal suspension ring at the top. Opaque white glass, height, frame, 15.6 cm, width, frame, 12.3 cm, dated 1796. Neoclassical. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.133-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 797 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 105.20kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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18th Century _WF_Batchelor British School cameo cameo glass cameo head dated Fitz_AA frame framed Georgian glass James Tassie low relief male medallion neo-classical Neoclassical opaque oval portrait medallion portraits profile relief Scottish society portraiture white

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