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The Sad Discovery, or The Graceless Apprentice

Thomas Rowlandson · 1756–1827

Maximum print size

40.4 × 28.4 cm · 15.9 × 11.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,773 × 3,371 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 40.4 × 28.4 cm · 15.9 × 11.2 in
Mat border, sides: 5.3 cm · 2.1 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.1 cm · 2.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1785
Medium: hand-colored etching
Type: Print
Size: 20.1 × 28.1 cm · 7.9 × 11.1 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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