Sanford Robinson Gifford A Home in the Wilderness, 1866
From the Shawangunk Mountains
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
- Date
- 1823-1880
- Medium
- oil on canvas on panel
- Size
- 3 × 5½ in (7.9 × 13.7 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1987.61.2. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Charles H. Ettl
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #46160F, 33 % of the picture, closest to Burgundy walls
- #DF9500, 22 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
- #673421, 17 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #C47B09, 16 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
- #A9691F, 13 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 20¾ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
- Center
- 49¾ in (126 cm) from the floor
- Above the console table
- 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
- Ideal width
- 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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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 19.3 % | 4 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 395 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 23.1 % | 9¼ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 171 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 23.1 % | 13¾ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 114 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 13.5 % | 17¼ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 91 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 13.5 % | 20¾ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 75 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 23.1 % | 23 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 68 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 295 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 842 × 444 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,053 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 3,000 × 1,580 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The museum’s record of this painting Smithsonian American Art Museum
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian 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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