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The Bay of New York Looking to the Narrows and Staten Island, Taken from Brooklyn Heights

William Guy Wall · 1792–1864

Maximum print size

18.8 × 13.2 cm · 7.4 × 5.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,220 × 1,556 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 25.4 × 20.3 cm · 10.0 × 8.0 in
Mat opening: 18.8 × 13.2 cm · 7.4 × 5.2 in
Mat border, sides: 3.3 cm · 1.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 3.6 cm · 1.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1820–25
Medium: Watercolor and gum arabic on white wove paper
Size: 53.3 × 68.7 cm · 21.0 × 27.0 in
Origin: American
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Boats, Landscapes, New York City
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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