DETAILS
- Artist
- Joseph Highmore
- Date
- 1721
- Location
- Corpus Christi College
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THE ARTIST
Joseph Highmore
Joseph Highmore was an 18th-century English painter who captured the lively spirit of his sitters, from aristocratic clients to middle-class patrons, and even illustrated Samuel Richardson's novel 'Pamela'.
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