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The image shows a riverside scene with various activities. The horizon has green hills with trees. Villagers and tipis are on both sides of the riverbanks. Canoes filled with people are on the water, some docked near the sandy shore.

La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. January 1, 1680

George Catlin (American, 1796–1872)

Date
1847/1848
Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Size
15 × 22¼ in (37.8 × 56.2 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1965.16.324. See the museum’s record
Credit
Paul Mellon Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 0.9 % of the picture)
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.
La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. January 1, 1680: a 24 × 36 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 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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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 5.9 % 4¾ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 914 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in trims 0.9 % 20 × 29¾ in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 213 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in trims 0.9 % 24 × 35¾ in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 177 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 National Gallery 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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