Unknown man, by Hogarth

An image of Unknown man. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Oil on canvas, height 75.6 cm, width 62.6 cm. Comparable in style with Hogarth's portraits of the early 1740s. Notes: with a tricorn under his arm.

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Unknown man. Hogarth, William (British, 1697-1764). Oil on canvas, height 75.6 cm, width 62.6 cm. Comparable in style with Hogarth's portraits of the early 1740s. Notes: with a tricorn under his arm.

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Accession Number: 1642
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 847 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 523.94kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:05:19 09:25:01

Key words

18th Century British School clothes clothing coat cravat English fashion Fitz_PDP gentleman Georgian grey wig hats Hogarth male necktie oil on canvas oval overcoat painting portraits tricorn tricorne waistcoats wigs William Hogarth

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