Portrait of a Lady, by Peter Lely

An image of Portrait of a Lady; probably Mary Parsons, later Mrs Draper. Lely, Peter (British, 1618-1680). Oil on canvas, height 126.1 cm, width 101.6 cm, circa 1665. After cleaning.

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Portrait of a Lady; probably Mary Parsons, later Mrs Draper. Lely, Peter (British, 1618-1680). Oil on canvas, height 126.1 cm, width 101.6 cm, circa 1665. After cleaning.

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Accession Number: 2442
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Chris Titmus
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 837 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 817.71kB
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1
Captured: 2009:06:16 11:06:23

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