Thomas Gainsborough Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)
- Date
- 1783
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 92¾ × 57¾ in (235.6 × 146.5 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1937.1.93. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #292016, 32 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #4C3223, 25 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #5D5647, 18 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #807E6D, 17 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #C0AA8D, 9 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 25 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Try it on your wall color
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Print it
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 12.9 % | 4½ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 3648 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 17.1 % | 10 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 1605 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 17.1 % | 15 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 1077 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 6.7 % | 18¾ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 858 dpi, crisp up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 6.7 % | 22½ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 716 dpi, crisp up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 17.1 % | 25 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 644 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 346 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 521 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 1,236 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 16,055 × 25,972 px from National Gallery of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art
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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