Head of Bacchus, by Caroline Watson

An image of Head of Bacchus. Watson, Caroline (British, 1760-1814). After Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640). Published by C. Watson. Stipple, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 200 mm, width, plate, 162 mm; height, sheet, 345 mm, width, sheet, 248 mm, 1786.

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Head of Bacchus. Watson, Caroline (British, 1760-1814). After Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640). Published by C. Watson. Stipple, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 200 mm, width, plate, 162 mm; height, sheet, 345 mm, width, sheet, 248 mm, 1786.

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Accession Number: P.2048-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 815 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.98MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2014:03:04 16:26:17

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18th Century Bacchanalian Bacchic Bacchus British School Caroline Watson child children costume Dionysos Dionysus English engraving Fitz_PDP fur cape fur cloak fur collar male mythological mythology Peter Paul Rubens portraits print Rubens stipple wreath young youth

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