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A young, light-skinned, rosy-cheeked child stands against a landscape of trees and rolling hills in this vertical portrait painting. Some areas are loosely painted, especially in the background, giving the portrait a soft look.

Master John Heathcote

Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)

Date
c. 1771/1772
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
50 × 39¾ in (127 × 101.2 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1961.2.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Given in memory of Governor Alvan T. Fuller by The Fuller Foundation, Inc.

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 5.9 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Master John Heathcote: 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 0.4 % 8 × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 2214 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 1.4 % 11 × 13¾ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 1587 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 5.9 % 12 × 15 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 1389 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 0.4 % 16 × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 1107 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 5.9 % 18 × 22½ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 926 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 5.9 % 30 × 37½ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 555 dpi, crisp up close
36 × 48 in trims 5.9 % 36 × 45¼ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 463 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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