Joseph Wright of Derby Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming, 1779
Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote
Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734–1797)
- Date
- c. 1771–72
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 50 × 39¼ in (127 × 100 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 2017.100. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- John L. Severance Fund
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #433523, 43 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #2D231C, 33 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #5D4F38, 15 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #927B5D, 5 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #6E3120, 5 % of the picture, closest to Burgundy walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 4.7 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 1.6 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 1424 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 0.2 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 1018 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 4.7 % | 12 × 15¼ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 891 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 1.6 % | 15¾ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 712 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 4.7 % | 18 × 23 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 594 dpi, crisp up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 4.7 % | 30 × 38 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 356 dpi, crisp up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 4.7 % | 36 × 45¾ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 297 dpi, crisp from a step back |
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) 447 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 719 × 900 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 2,717 × 3,400 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 11,393 × 14,258 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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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