Richard, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion

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Richard, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion. British School. Oil on canvas, height, 76.8 cm, width 64.2 cm, circa 1710 to 1715.

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Accession Number: 440
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 807 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 636.53kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2010:08:03 07:21:31

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18th Century aristocracy British School clothes clothing coat cravat English fashion Fitz_PDP frock coat gentleman gentry Georgian grey wig half length male necktie nobility noble nobleman overcoat painting periwig portraits red coat seated sitter sitting society velvet wealthy wigs

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