Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848)

Date: 1836
Medium: Oil and pencil on composition board
Size: 5½ × 9¼ in (14 × 23.8 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 2014.59. See the museum’s record
Credit: Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Delancey Thorn Grant, in memory of her mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, by exchange and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2014

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 21¼ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
Center: 49¾ in (127 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.

21¼ × 36 in landscape print (54 × 91 cm), centered 49¾ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. 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 17.6 %	4 × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	560 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 21.6 %	9½ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	245 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in	trims 21.6 %	14 × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	163 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 11.8 %	17½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	130 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 11.8 %	21¼ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	108 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 21.6 %	23½ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	98 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.

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

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 351 px from Room Paintings
Web image 600 × 376 px from The Met
Print and original file 3,921 × 2,458 px from The Met
The museum’s record of this painting The Met

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan 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.