Sanford Robinson Gifford A Home in the Wilderness, 1866
Indians at Campfire--Moon Rising
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
- Medium
- oil on paper on canvas
- Size
- 4¾ × 10 in (12.1 × 25.7 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1987.61.1. 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
- #CAB397, 33 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #47392F, 24 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #635248, 22 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #936D5A, 12 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Rose walls
- #B68B70, 10 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) from the floor
- Above the tub
- 25¼ in (64 cm) from the tub to the frame
- Ideal width
- 40 to 45 in over a 60 in tub
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 34.1 % | 3¼ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 391 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 37.2 % | 7½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 172 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 37.2 % | 11¼ × 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 29.4 % | 14 × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 91 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 29.4 % | 17 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 76 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 37.2 % | 18¾ × 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 × 241 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 363 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 2,000 × 862 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 3,000 × 1,293 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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