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Lady in Gray, James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883, watercolor and gouache on dark brown wove paper

Lady in Gray

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Date
ca. 1883
Medium
Watercolor and gouache on dark brown wove paper
Size
11¼ × 5 in (28.6 × 12.7 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 06.312. See the museum’s record
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
20 × 45 in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Lady in Gray: a 20 × 45 in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
20 × 45 in panoramic print (51 × 114 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 37.8 % 3 × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 531 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 40.8 % 7 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 232 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 36 in trims 24.9 % 12 × 27 in 12 × 36 in custom 16 × 40 in custom 18 × 42 in custom 137 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in trims 33.4 % 13¼ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 124 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 33.4 % 16 × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 103 dpi, soft up close
20 × 60 in trims 24.9 % 20 × 45 in 20 × 60 in custom 24 × 64 in custom 26 × 66 in custom 82 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 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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