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Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches

William Holbrook Beard, born Painesville, OH 1824-died New York City 1900

Maximum print size

25.4 × 18.0 cm · 10.0 × 7.1 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,000 × 2,131 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening: 25.4 × 18.0 cm · 10.0 × 7.1 in
Mat border, sides: 5.1 cm · 2.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 5.1 cm · 2.0 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1859-1896
Medium: oil on cardboard
Type: Painting
Size: 31.1 × 44.8 cm · 12.2 × 17.6 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: Smithsonian Institution ↗

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