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Two men with pale skin, wearing white sleeveless shirts and royal-blue caps, row in unison in a long, narrow boat on a placid blue river in this horizontal landscape painting.

The Biglin Brothers Racing

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Date
1872
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
24 × 36 in (61.2 × 91.6 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1953.7.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

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

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Print
24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 0.2 % of the picture)
Center
55¼ in (140 cm) from the floor
Above the sofa
8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
Ideal width
56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
The Biglin Brothers Racing: a 24 × 36 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 cm), centered 55¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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
20 × 30 in trims 0.2 % 20 × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 635 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in trims 0.2 % 24 × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 529 dpi, crisp 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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