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The main telegraph office newly built in St. Petersburg and opened 14 October 1862

Adolf Jossifowitsch Charlemagne · 1826–1901

Maximum print size

30.2 × 20.8 cm · 11.9 × 8.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,565 × 2,445 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening: 30.2 × 20.8 cm · 11.9 × 8.2 in
Mat border, sides: 2.5 cm · 1.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 3.6 cm · 1.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1862
Medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, gouache, and gray wash
Type: Drawings
Size: 32.7 × 46.6 cm · 12.9 × 18.3 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Buildings, Coat of Arms, Men, Working
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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