The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World)

Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848)

Date: ca. 1847
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 12 × 18 in (30.5 × 45.7 cm)
Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1988.1. See the museum’s record
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).

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Hang it

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Where Print size

Print: 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 0.1 % of the picture)
Center: 51¼ in (130 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.

24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 cm), centered 51¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Print it

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
20 × 30 in	trims 0.1 %	20 × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	99 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 0.1 %	24 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	82 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 × 370 px from Room Paintings
Web image 842 × 557 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
Print file 2,000 × 1,323 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
Original file 3,000 × 1,984 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.