Charles Willson Peale Elie Williams, 1789
Margaret Strachan (Mrs. Thomas Harwood)
Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827)
- Date
- ca. 1771
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 31 × 24½ in (78.7 × 62.2 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 33.24. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1933
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #1C1414, 56 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #442B1E, 13 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #997853, 12 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #6B4E32, 10 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #CEA77A, 10 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 5.1 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
Print it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 1.2 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 372 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 0.5 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 265 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 5.1 % | 12 × 15¼ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 232 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 1.2 % | 15¾ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 186 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 5.1 % | 18 × 22¾ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 155 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 5.1 % | 30 × 38 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 93 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 5.1 % | 36 × 45½ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 77 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 451 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 503 × 624 px from The Met
- Print and original file 2,998 × 3,720 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan 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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