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The Countess of Strathmore, by John Downman

Image attached to 1868a

An image of Downman, John (draughtsman)
The Countess of Strathmore (1781)
drawing (graphite, black and red chalk with stump on paper (red chalk applied to the verso), attached to mount sheet)

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Downman, John (draughtsman) The Countess of Strathmore (1781) drawing (graphite, black and red chalk with stump on paper (red chalk applied to the verso), attached to mount sheet)

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  • Accession Number: 1868
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Photographer name: Image Library
  • Image height: 1004 pixels
  • Image width: 874 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 146.39kB
  • Captured: 2010:01:20 09:31:05

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