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Burning of an Old Boat, Francis Danby, Irish, watercolor

Burning of an Old Boat

Francis Danby, Irish (1793–1861)

Medium
watercolor
Size
8 × 12¼ in (20.6 × 30.8 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1930.12.32. See the museum’s record
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. William Henry Holmes

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

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Print
24 × 36 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.
Burning of an Old Boat: a 24 × 36 in print hung above a console table, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 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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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
20 × 30 in trims 0.3 % 20 × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 100 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 0.3 % 24 × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 83 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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