A pale-skinned woman wearing a cream-white dress stands in front of a shadowy landscape in this vertical portrait painting. Facing us, the woman looks directly out with dark gray eyes under gently curving brows.

Lady Elizabeth Compton

Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792)

Date: 1780-1782
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 94½ × 58¾ in (240 × 149 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1937.1.97. See the museum’s record
Credit: Andrew W. Mellon Collection

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

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Where Print size

Print: 24¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor

24¾ × 40 in portrait print (63 × 102 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 13.1 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	1164 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 17.2 %	10 × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	505 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 17.2 %	15 × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	336 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in	trims 6.9 %	18½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	269 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 6.9 %	22½ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	223 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 17.2 %	24¾ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	201 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Thumbnail (WebP) 337 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 508 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 1,205 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 5,008 × 8,310 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.