Thomas Gainsborough Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787
Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)
- Date
- c. 1782–1783
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 27¾ × 35¾ in (70.5 × 91 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1984.59. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #3A2F24, 27 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #AEA996, 25 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #514532, 22 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #6E6146, 16 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #8B846C, 10 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 3.2 % of the picture)
- Center
- 61¼ in (156 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.
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Print it
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 3.2 % | 7¾ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 526 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 1.4 % | 10¾ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 382 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 3.2 % | 12 × 15½ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 343 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 3.2 % | 15½ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 263 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 3.2 % | 18 × 23¼ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 229 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 3.2 % | 30 × 38¾ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 137 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 3.2 % | 36 × 46½ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 114 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 429 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 1,166 × 893 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 3,400 × 2,603 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 5,500 × 4,211 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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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