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Whalers, Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845, oil on canvas

Whalers

Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851)

Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
36¼ × 48¼ in (91.8 × 122.6 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 96.29. See the museum’s record
Credit
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1896

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

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Print
36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 0.2 % 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.
Whalers: a 36 × 48 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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 4.6 % 5 × 6¾ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 565 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 4.7 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 269 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 0.2 % 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 247 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 0.2 % 18 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 164 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 0.2 % 30 × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 98 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 0.2 % 36 × 48 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 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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