28 January - 21 April 2025
7 March 2025
Hamlet Winstanley, Self-portrait of Jusepe de Ribera, 1729.
Etching. 180 mm x 147 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Hamlet Winstanley (1694 - 1756)
RA Collection: Art
180 mm x 147 mm
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