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The Plot Thickens, or Diamond Cut Diamond

Thomas Rowlandson

Maximum print size

30.7 × 24.1 cm · 12.1 × 9.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,642 × 2,836 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 30.7 × 24.1 cm · 12.1 × 9.5 in
Mat border, sides: 10.2 cm · 4.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.4 cm · 3.3 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: July 16, 1809
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Type: Prints
Size: 26.6 × 34.3 cm · 10.5 × 13.5 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Men, Politics, Satire, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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