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The Writing Master, Thomas Eakins, 1882, oil on canvas

The Writing Master

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Date
1882
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
30 × 34¼ in (76.2 × 87 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 17.173. See the museum’s record
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917

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

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Print
17½ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
Center
66 in (168 cm) from the floor
Above the headboard
8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
Ideal width
40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
The Writing Master: a 17½ × 20 in print hung above a headboard, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
17½ × 20 in landscape print (44 × 51 cm), centered 66 in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. 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
8 × 10 in trims 8.6 % 8 × 9 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 416 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 12.4 % 10½ × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 316 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 10.3 % 11 × 12½ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 301 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 12.4 % 14 × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 237 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 8.6 % 16 × 18¼ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 207 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in trims 12.4 % 17½ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 189 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).

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.

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