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Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael, Benjamin West, c. 1770, oil on canvas

Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael

Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)

Date
c. 1770
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
26¼ × 26 in (66.5 × 66.3 cm)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1927.393. See the museum’s record
Credit
The Charles W. Harkness Gift

Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
24 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.3 % of the picture)
Center
51¼ in (130 cm) from the floor
Above the console table
8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width
36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael: a 24 × 24 in print hung above a console table, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 24 in square print (61 × 61 cm), centered 51¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
12 × 12 in trims 0.3 % 12 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 302 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 0.3 % 16 × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 226 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in trims 0.3 % 20 × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 181 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 24 in trims 0.3 % 24 × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 151 dpi, crisp from a step back

Sharpness is worked out from the largest file the museum offers. Above 300 dpi a print holds up at arm’s length; 150 dpi is plenty for a picture seen from across a sofa.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0). You may print, share, change and sell it without asking. Read what that means on our image license page, and how to get a good result in how to print a public-domain painting.

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