Beggar seated on a bank, by James Bretherton, after Rembrandt

An image of Beggar seated on a bank. Bretherton, James (British, c.1730-1806). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 113 mm, width, plate, 69 mm; height, sheet, 115 mm, width, sheet, 72 mm, circa 1770-1799. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B174 Copy 1. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-B Copy 1. Lugt; 2475.

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Beggar seated on a bank. Bretherton, James (British, c.1730-1806). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 113 mm, width, plate, 69 mm; height, sheet, 115 mm, width, sheet, 72 mm, circa 1770-1799. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B174 Copy 1. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-B Copy 1. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.40-3
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 645 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 688.31kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 11:38:12

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18th Century agape bank beggar beggars begging British School copy copy after destitute destitution Dutch etching figure studies Fitz_PDP James Bretherton male mouth open mouthed peasants poor portraits poverty print ragged rags Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seated sitting study tramp vagabond

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