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Head of a Man (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Samuel F. B. Morse · 1791–1872

Maximum print size

16.5 × 20.6 cm · 6.5 × 8.1 in

at 300 DPI from the 1,964 × 2,418 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 16.5 × 20.6 cm · 6.5 × 8.1 in
Mat border, sides: 5.8 cm · 2.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.6 cm · 3.0 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1840
Medium: Pen and iron-gall ink on off-white wove paper
Size: 20.6 × 18.7 cm · 8.1 × 7.4 in
Origin: American
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Men, Portraits
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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