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Taking the Census

Francis William Edmonds · 1806–1863

Maximum print size

32.8 × 24.1 cm · 12.9 × 9.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,859 × 2,837 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 32.8 × 24.1 cm · 12.9 × 9.5 in
Mat border, sides: 9.1 cm · 3.6 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.4 cm · 3.3 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1854
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 71.1 × 96.5 cm · 28.0 × 38.0 in
Origin: American
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Children, Infants, Interiors, Men, Women, Writing
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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