Thomas Wilmer Dewing Summer, ca. 1890
In the Garden
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938)
- Date
- 1892-1894
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 20½ × 35 in (52.3 × 88.9 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1929.6.37. 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
- #294614, 34 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #1B390D, 23 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #3B4D17, 22 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #5E5E1F, 14 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #868747, 7 % 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.
- 23½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 55 in (140 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
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 17.6 % | 4 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 423 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 21.6 % | 9½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 184 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 21.6 % | 14 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 123 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 11.8 % | 17½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 98 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 11.8 % | 21¼ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 81 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 21.6 % | 23½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 73 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 × 325 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 489 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,159 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 3,000 × 1,738 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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