Gilbert Stuart George Washington, begun 1795
Dr. James Stuart
Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
- Date
- c. 1815
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Size
- 32¾ × 25¾ in (83 × 65.7 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1927.394.1. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- The Charles W. Harkness Gift
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #483A2A, 29 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #5D4C36, 27 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #1A1511, 25 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #755E46, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #BBA18B, 5 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 5.3 % 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 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 460 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 0.8 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 334 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 5.3 % | 12 × 15¼ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 292 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 1 % | 15¾ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 230 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 5.3 % | 18 × 22¾ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 194 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 5.3 % | 30 × 38 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 116 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 5.3 % | 36 × 45½ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 97 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) 441 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 703 × 893 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 2,677 × 3,400 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 3,682 × 4,676 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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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