Charles Brinsley Marlay

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Charles Brinsley Marlay. Unknown, French painter? Oil on canvas, height 67.3 cm, width 55.9 cm, circa 1850. Located in a roundel above the doorway between the Upper Marlay and Courtauld Galleries, The Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Accession Number: M.84
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal length: 145
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 984 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 638.44kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 800
Fnumber: 71/10
Captured: 2014:03:28 12:15:08

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19th Century architectural element bearded beards benefactor brunette Charles Marlay circular cravat dark haired donor Fitz_PDP Fitzwilliam Museum French gentleman hair hairstyle male necktie oil on canvas painting portraits round roundel Victorian wealthy

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