Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place, by Joseph Highmore

An image of Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place for their letters. Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Oil on canvas, height 62.9 cm, width 74.7 cm, circa 1744.

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Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place for their letters. Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Oil on canvas, height 62.9 cm, width 74.7 cm, circa 1744.

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Accession Number: M.Add.8
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 848 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 128.37kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1
Captured: 2015:08:10 13:34:03

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18th Century bonnet British British School characters churches churchman clothes clothing covert dress English exterior fashion fashionable female fictional Fitz_PDP flowers gardens Georgian gown hiding hiding place Highmore Jonathan Richardson Joseph Highmore lady literary figures minister oil on canvas painting Pamela secret sunflowers walled garden woman

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