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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figures Scaling Floating Battery; Cannon

John Singleton Copley · 1738–1815

Maximum print size

13.7 × 21.3 cm · 5.4 × 8.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 1,626 × 2,522 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 13.7 × 21.3 cm · 5.4 × 8.4 in
Mat border, sides: 7.1 cm · 2.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.1 cm · 2.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1785–86
Medium: Black and red chalk on blue laid paper
Size: 44.5 × 33.7 cm · 17.5 × 13.3 in
Origin: American
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Men
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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