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A young woman with pale, peachy skin, wearing a long, flowing white dress, stands in front of a white curtain in this vertical portrait painting. Her auburn-red hair cascades down over and behind her shoulders.

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Date
1861-1863, 1872
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
83¾ × 42½ in (213 × 107.9 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1943.6.2. See the museum’s record
Credit
Harris Whittemore Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
20 × 39½ in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl: a 20 × 39½ in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
20 × 39½ in portrait print (51 × 100 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 29 % 3½ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 8169 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 32.4 % 8 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 3548 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 36 in trims 34.3 % 12 × 23¾ in 12 × 36 in custom 16 × 40 in custom 18 × 42 in custom 2395 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in trims 23.9 % 15¼ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 1890 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in trims 23.9 % 18¼ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 1570 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 60 in trims 34.3 % 20 × 39½ in 20 × 60 in custom 24 × 64 in custom 26 × 66 in custom 1437 dpi, crisp 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 National Gallery 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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