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Nelson's Column under Construction, Trafalgar Square

William Henry Fox Talbot · 1800–1877

Maximum print size

26.7 × 22.1 cm · 10.5 × 8.7 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,136 × 2,611 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening: 26.7 × 22.1 cm · 10.5 × 8.7 in
Mat border, sides: 4.6 cm · 1.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 3.0 cm · 1.2 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: first week of April 1844
Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
Type: Photographs
Size: 17.1 × 21.2 cm · 6.7 × 8.3 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Architecture, Cities, Columns
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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