Pamela tells a nursery tale, by Antoine Benoist after Joseph Highmore

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Pamela tells a nursery tale. Plate 12. Adventures of Pamela. Benoist, Antoine (French, in Britain, 1721-1770). After Highmore, Joseph (British, 1692-1780). Richardson, Samuel, author. Etching, engraving, 1745.

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Accession Number: P.27-1979
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
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ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1

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