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Spirit of Christmas, Carl Newman, ca. 1915-1920, oil and tempera on fiberboard

Spirit of Christmas

Carl Newman (1858–1932)

Date
ca. 1915-1920
Medium
oil and tempera on fiberboard
Size
67 × 23 in (170.2 × 58.4 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1971.88. See the museum’s record
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Anna McCleery Newton

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

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Print
36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 0.6 % of the picture)
Center
61¼ in (156 cm) from the floor
Above the sofa
8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
Ideal width
56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
Spirit of Christmas: a 36 × 48 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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
5 × 7 in trims 5.4 % 5 × 6½ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 428 dpi, crisp up close
8 × 10 in trims 5.7 % 7½ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 282 dpi, crisp from a step back
11 × 14 in trims 3.9 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 205 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 0.6 % 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 187 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 5.7 % 15 × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 141 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in trims 0.6 % 18 × 23¾ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 125 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 0.6 % 30 × 39¾ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 75 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 0.6 % 36 × 47¾ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 62 dpi, soft up close

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 Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian 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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