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King Lear in the Storm

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, born Charleston, SC 1797-died Charleston, SC 1877

Maximum print size

25.4 × 18.5 cm · 10.0 × 7.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,000 × 2,195 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 × 18.5 cm · 10.0 × 7.3 in
Mat border, sides: 5.1 cm · 2.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 4.8 cm · 1.9 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1842
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Type: Painting-Miniature
Size: 16.2 × 14.0 cm · 6.4 × 5.5 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: Smithsonian Institution ↗

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