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Portrait of Frances C. Houston, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, ca. 1880-1889, oil on canvas

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938)

Date
ca. 1880-1889
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
19½ × 14¼ in (49.7 × 36.1 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1929.6.33. 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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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 3.2 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Portrait of Frances C. Houston: 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
5 × 7 in trims 1.6 % 5 × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 422 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 3.2 % 11½ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 175 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 3.2 % 17½ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 117 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 3.2 % 29 × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 70 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 3.2 % 34¾ × 48 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 58 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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