Henry Raeburn Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair, 1810–20
Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797)
Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)
- Date
- ca. 1794
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 48½ × 40¾ in (123.2 × 103.8 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1980.305. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1980
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #2E2217, 29 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #BDB49A, 22 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #483522, 20 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #9B876C, 14 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #755638, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 5.1 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 5.1 % | 8 × 9½ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 384 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 5.1 % | 16 × 19 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 192 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) 473 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 527 × 624 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,248 × 3,845 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan 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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