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A young, gangly, brown-skinned boy sits on a green chair and leans over the banjo he plays in this loosely painted, vertical composition. His body faces our right in profile, and his head leans to his left and away from us.

Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Banjo Player

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Date
probably 1877
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Size
19½ × 15 in (49.5 × 37.9 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1985.64.16. See the museum’s record
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 2.1 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Banjo Player: an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. 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
8 × 10 in trims 4.2 % 7¾ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 546 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 2.5 % 10¾ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 397 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 2.1 % 12 × 15¾ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 362 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 4.2 % 15¼ × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 273 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 2.1 % 18 × 23½ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 241 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 2.1 % 30 × 39¼ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 145 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 2.1 % 36 × 47 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 120 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).

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.

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