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Lion Defending its Prey

Sir Edwin Landseer · 1802–1873

Maximum print size

39.1 × 25.4 cm · 15.4 × 10.0 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,613 × 2,991 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 39.1 × 25.4 cm · 15.4 × 10.0 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: c. 1840
Medium: oil on paper on canvas
Type: Painting
Size: 25.1 × 32.4 cm · 9.9 × 12.7 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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