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A View of the Potomac at Harpers Ferry

Pavel Petrovich Svinin · 1787–1839

Maximum print size

33.0 × 21.8 cm · 13.0 × 8.6 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,913 × 2,569 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.0 × 21.8 cm · 13.0 × 8.6 in
Mat border, sides: 8.9 cm · 3.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1811–ca. 1813
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on white laid paper
Size: 14.0 × 21.9 cm · 5.5 × 8.6 in
Origin: American
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Landscapes, Rivers
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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