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Emancipation of the Negroes – The Past and the Future (from "Harper's Weekly")

Thomas Nast

Maximum print size

31.5 × 22.4 cm · 12.4 × 8.8 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,714 × 2,646 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 31.5 × 22.4 cm · 12.4 × 8.8 in
Mat border, sides: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.1 cm · 3.6 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: January 24, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving
Type: Prints
Size: 37.2 × 52.6 cm · 14.6 × 20.7 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: American Civil War, Girls, Men, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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