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Birch Tree, Niagara

John Frederick Kensett · 1816–1872

Maximum print size

24.4 × 16.5 cm · 9.6 × 6.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,865 × 1,950 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening: 24.4 × 16.5 cm · 9.6 × 6.5 in
Mat border, sides: 5.6 cm · 2.2 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 5.8 cm · 2.3 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: probably 1851
Medium: Graphite on smooth textured off-white wove paper
Size: 42.1 × 27.0 cm · 16.6 × 10.6 in
Origin: American
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Trees
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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