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Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921

Maximum print size

25.4 × 15.7 cm · 10.0 × 6.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,000 × 1,858 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening: 25.4 × 15.7 cm · 10.0 × 6.2 in
Mat border, sides: 5.1 cm · 2.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.1 cm · 2.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1910-1915
Medium: watercolor on cardboard mounted on wood panel
Type: Painting
Size: 24.1 × 39.3 cm · 9.5 × 15.5 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: Smithsonian Institution ↗

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