Thomas Wilmer Dewing Summer, ca. 1890
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Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938)
- Date
- ca. 1895-1900
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Size
- 20 × 15½ in (50.7 × 39.6 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1929.6.35. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #0A0B04, 52 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #1F1A04, 25 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #392804, 13 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #674104, 7 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #BE8102, 3 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 4 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 2.4 % | 7¾ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 290 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 0.6 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 211 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 4 % | 12 × 15½ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 187 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 2.4 % | 15½ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 145 dpi, soft up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 4 % | 18 × 23 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 125 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 4 % | 30 × 38½ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 75 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 4 % | 36 × 46 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 62 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) 434 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 653 × 843 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 1,549 × 2,000 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 2,323 × 3,000 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The museum’s record of this painting Smithsonian American Art Museum
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian 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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