Joseph II, Emperor of Austria, by an unknown artist

An image of Unknown. Joseph II, Emperor of Austria 1741-90. Watercolour on ivory.

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Unknown. Joseph II, Emperor of Austria 1741-90. Watercolour on ivory.

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Accession Number: 3893
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 744 pixels
Image width: 760 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 133.09kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2010:01:26 21:42:09

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18th Century Artistic Movement Department Enlightenment European Fitz_PDP German Holy Roman Emperor Location (country of origin) Medium Other Keywords Places Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCr coat costume crown despotism emperor enlightened absolutism fashion ivory male man middle-aged miniature monarchy portraits powdered wig royalty rulers society watercolour wigs

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