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William Glendonwyn, by Sir Henry Raeburn

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An image of William Glendonwyn. Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756-1823). Oil on canvas, height 124.8cm, width 101.6cm, circa 1795.

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William Glendonwyn. Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756-1823). Oil on canvas, height 124.8cm, width 101.6cm, circa 1795.

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  • Accession Number: 220
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 845 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 630.55kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 13/1
  • Captured: 2012:08:03 13:51:06

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18th Century belly British School coat corpulent cravat English Enlightenment fat Fitz_PDP Georgian grey hair grey haired grey wig Henry Raeburn landowner male man necktie oil on canvas overcoat painting portly portraits powdered wig profile rich rotund Scottish society standing three quarter wealthy wigs

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