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The Public Scribe

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu · 1736–1810

Maximum print size

41.4 × 29.7 cm · 16.3 × 11.7 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,894 × 3,500 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 41.4 × 29.7 cm · 16.3 × 11.7 in
Mat border, sides: 4.6 cm · 1.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 5.6 cm · 2.2 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1790
Medium: etching with touches of roulette on laid paper
Type: Print
Size: 29.6 × 41.8 cm · 11.7 × 16.5 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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