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The Pigs Possessed:–or–the Broad Bottom'd Litter Running Headlong into Ye Sea of Perdition

James Gillray

Maximum print size

24.1 × 32.3 cm · 9.5 × 12.7 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,863 × 3,819 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 24.1 × 32.3 cm · 9.5 × 12.7 in
Mat border, sides: 8.4 cm · 3.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: April 18, 1807
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Type: Prints
Size: 41.0 × 30.2 cm · 16.1 × 11.9 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Men, Pigs, Politics, Satire
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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