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The Parachute or a Sage Lady's Second Experiment

Thomas Rowlandson · 1757–1827

Maximum print size

22.9 × 31.2 cm · 9.0 × 12.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,706 × 3,695 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 22.9 × 31.2 cm · 9.0 × 12.3 in
Mat border, sides: 8.9 cm · 3.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.9 cm · 3.9 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: September 1785
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Type: Prints
Size: 35.5 × 25.7 cm · 14.0 × 10.1 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Dogs, Men, Satire, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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