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The Placid Potomac, William Henry Holmes, watercolor

The Placid Potomac

William Henry Holmes (1846–1933)

Medium
watercolor
Size
15 × 20 in (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1953.11.3. See the museum’s record
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. George F. Becker

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
36 × 48 in, filling the paper
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.
The Placid Potomac: a 36 × 48 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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
5 × 7 in trims 4.8 % 5 × 6¾ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 428 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 4.5 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 205 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in no trim 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 187 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in no trim 18 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 125 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in no trim 30 × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 75 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in no trim 36 × 48 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.

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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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