Mr.B finds Pamela writing, by Laurent Truchy after Joseph Highmore

An image of Mr.B finds Pamela writing. Plate 1: Pamela writing in her late Lady's dressing room. Adventures of Pamela. Truchy, Laurent (French, 1721 (1731?)-1764). After Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Richardson, Samuel, author. Etching, engraving, 1745.

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Mr.B finds Pamela writing. Plate 1: Pamela writing in her late Lady's dressing room. Adventures of Pamela. Truchy, Laurent (French, 1721 (1731?)-1764). After Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Richardson, Samuel, author. Etching, engraving, 1745.

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Accession Number: P.16-1979
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Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1

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