Gilbert Stuart George Washington, begun 1795
Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell 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. 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
- #493C2B, 36 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #64553F, 30 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #1C1611, 13 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #887865, 11 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #B2AA98, 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.
- 25 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 55¾ in (142 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.
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 12.6 % | 4½ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 1051 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 16.7 % | 10 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 462 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 16.7 % | 15 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 308 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 6.3 % | 18¾ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 246 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 6.3 % | 22½ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 205 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 16.7 % | 25 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 185 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 350 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 900 × 562 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 3,400 × 2,123 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 7,408 × 4,625 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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