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Portrait medallion of Mrs Mary Thomas, by James Tassie

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An image of Portrait medallion of Mrs Mary Thomas. Tassie, James (Scottish, 1735-1799). Relief portrait of Mrs Mary Thomas in profile to right wearing a lace edged cap and fichu, mounted on a blue-grey opaque background mounted in an oval, glazed, pearwood frame with a gilt metal suspension ring at the top. Height, frame, 17.4 cm, width, frame, 13.8 cm, 1798. Neoclassical. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Portrait medallion of Mrs Mary Thomas. Tassie, James (Scottish, 1735-1799). Relief portrait of Mrs Mary Thomas in profile to right wearing a lace edged cap and fichu, mounted on a blue-grey opaque background mounted in an oval, glazed, pearwood frame with a gilt metal suspension ring at the top. Height, frame, 17.4 cm, width, frame, 13.8 cm, 1798. Neoclassical. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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  • Accession Number: C.132-2015
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 782 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 91.02kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1

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18th Century _WF_Batchelor British School cameo glass caps female fichu Fitz_AA frame framed Georgian glass hats James Tassie low relief medallion neo-classical Neoclassical opaque oval pearwood portrait medallion portraits profile relief Scottish shawl society portraiture white woman wood

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