Joseph Mallord William Turner Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835
Mortlake Terrace
Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851)
- Date
- 1827
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 36¼ × 48 in (92.1 × 122.2 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1937.1.109. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #DFC488, 27 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
- #9F733A, 22 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #7C5421, 21 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #C0975B, 17 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #593511, 12 % 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.
- 36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 0.5 % of the picture)
- Center
- 61¼ in (156 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 5.2 % | 5 × 6½ in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 5054 dpi, crisp up close |
| 8 × 10 in | trims 5.8 % | 7½ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 3320 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 4.1 % | 10½ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 2414 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 0.5 % | 12 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 2211 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 5.8 % | 15 × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 1660 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 0.5 % | 18 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 1474 dpi, crisp up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 0.5 % | 30 × 39¾ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 884 dpi, crisp up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 0.5 % | 36 × 47¾ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 737 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 420 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 633 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 2,000 × 1,502 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 35,379 × 26,561 px from National Gallery of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art
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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