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An Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford

William Henry Fox Talbot · 1800–1877

Maximum print size

43.9 × 34.5 cm · 17.3 × 13.6 in

at 300 DPI from the 5,204 × 4,079 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 43.9 × 34.5 cm · 17.3 × 13.6 in
Mat border, sides: 3.3 cm · 1.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 3.0 cm · 1.2 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1843
Medium: salted paper print
Type: Photograph
Size: 16.0 × 20.6 cm · 6.3 × 8.1 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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