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The Open Door

William Henry Fox Talbot · 1800–1877

Maximum print size

25.1 × 18.8 cm · 9.9 × 7.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,983 × 2,232 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening: 25.1 × 18.8 cm · 9.9 × 7.4 in
Mat border, sides: 5.3 cm · 2.1 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 4.6 cm · 1.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: before May 1844
Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
Type: Photographs
Size: 14.3 × 19.4 cm · 5.6 × 7.6 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Architecture
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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