William Nation, by John Downman

An image of Downman, John. William Nation. Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet. 1780.

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Downman, John. William Nation. Black, red and white chalk with stump, some lines incised with a stylus, on paper, attached to mount sheet. 1780.

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Accession Number: 1916
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 1004 pixels
Image width: 870 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 188.58kB
Captured: 2010:01:15 15:08:23

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18th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd barrister British clothes clothing coat costume Department Drawing English Fitz_PDP Georgian John Downman Location (country of origin) magistrate male Other Keywords portraits society wigs Workflow writing young youth youthful

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