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Cows, Edward Mitchell Bannister, oil on canvas

Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister (American, 1828–1901)

Medium
oil on canvas
Size
18 × 30¼ in (45.7 × 76.8 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1983.95.138. See the museum’s record
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of James and Shirley Gordon

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

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Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Print
23¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
55¼ in (140 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.
Cows: a 23¾ × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
23¾ × 40 in landscape print (60 × 102 cm), centered 55¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Print it

No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
5 × 7 in trims 16.7 % 4¼ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 428 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 20.7 % 9½ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 187 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 20.7 % 14¼ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 125 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in trims 10.8 % 17¾ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 100 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 10.8 % 21½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 83 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 20.7 % 23¾ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 75 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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