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The Bay of New York and Governors Island Taken from Brooklyn Heights

William Guy Wall · 1792–1864

Maximum print size

18.5 × 12.7 cm · 7.3 × 5.0 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,191 × 1,511 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 25.4 × 20.3 cm · 10.0 × 8.0 in
Mat opening: 18.5 × 12.7 cm · 7.3 × 5.0 in
Mat border, sides: 3.6 cm · 1.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 3.8 cm · 1.5 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1820–25
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Size: 53.7 × 76.8 cm · 21.1 × 30.2 in
Origin: American
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Boats, Landscapes, New York City, Rivers
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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