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Study for "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle", James McNeill Whistler, 1872–73, oil on canvas

Study for "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle"

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Date
1872–73
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
11¼ × 8¼ in (28.6 × 21 cm)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1956.763. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 2.1 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Study for "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle": an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. 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 2.7 % 5 × 6¾ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 285 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 2.1 % 11¾ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 119 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in trims 2.1 % 17½ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 79 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 2.1 % 29½ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 47 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 2.1 % 35¼ × 48 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 39 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 Art Institute of Chicago (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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