This drawing shows the faint outline of a domed building. The representation is minimalistic, with few details of the building shown besides the dome and vertical lines that might suggest columns.

Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design

Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848)

Date: c. 1838
Medium: drawing on wood
Size: 14 × 6½ in (35.6 × 16.5 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1967.8.2. See the museum’s record
Credit: Andrew W. Mellon Fund

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

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Where Print size

Print: 12 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 5.4 % of the picture)
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor

12 × 36 in panoramic print (30 × 91 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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
12 × 36 in	trims 5.4 %	12 × 34 in	12 × 36 in custom	16 × 40 in custom	18 × 42 in custom	424 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 60 in	trims 5.4 %	20 × 56¾ in	20 × 60 in custom	24 × 64 in custom	26 × 66 in custom	254 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) 560 × 197 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 297 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 2,000 × 705 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 15,273 × 5,381 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.