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The Scalp-Dance of the Sioux

Felix Octavius Carr Darley · 1822–1888

Maximum print size

33.8 × 25.1 cm · 13.3 × 9.9 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,000 × 2,968 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.8 × 25.1 cm · 13.3 × 9.9 in
Mat border, sides: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.9 cm · 3.1 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c. 1842
Medium: brown ink wash and graphite with scratched highlights on wove paper
Type: Drawing
Size: 20.5 × 30.6 cm · 8.1 × 12.1 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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