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Dawn, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, 1892, watercolor

Dawn

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938)

Date
1892
Medium
watercolor
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1929.6.27B. 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).

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Hang it

Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Print
24 × 24 in, filling the paper
Center
67¼ in (171 cm) from the floor
Above the mantel
6 in (15 cm) from the mantel to the frame
Ideal width
44 to 50 in over a 66 in mantel
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 4 to 8 in above the mantel, so the 6 in gap sets the height.
Dawn: a 24 × 24 in print hung above a mantel, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 24 in square print (61 × 61 cm), centered 67¼ in from the floor, 6 in above the mantel. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
12 × 12 in no trim 12 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 250 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 16 in no trim 16 × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 187 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in no trim 20 × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 150 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 24 in no trim 24 × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 125 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

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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