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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Two Dead Figures

John Singleton Copley · 1738–1815

Maximum print size

32.3 × 18.3 cm · 12.7 × 7.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,811 × 2,170 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 32.3 × 18.3 cm · 12.7 × 7.2 in
Mat border, sides: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 11.2 cm · 4.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1782–83
Medium: Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on light blue laid paper
Size: 36.0 × 58.4 cm · 14.2 × 23.0 in
Origin: American
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Death
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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