What is the largest sharp print size for The Great Day of His Wrath?

At 300 dpi, this 3,136 × 2,023 px file prints up to 10.5 × 6.7 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 20.9 × 13.5 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of The Great Day of His Wrath?

The best frame sizes for this file are 10 × 8 in, 14 × 11 in, 16 × 12 in, 20 × 16 in, printing at 150–299 dpi (poster- to sharp-quality).

Does printing The Great Day of His Wrath require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 19% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

The Great Day of His Wrath — John Martin | Free high-res download

The Great Day of His Wrath

John Martin · 1851–53 · Tate Britain, London

Public domain · $0.003,136 × 2,023 px · 6.3 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to10.5 × 6.7 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 20.9 × 13.5 in at 150 dpi

The download is the original scan on Wikimedia Commons. Big file — give it a minute.

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How big can you print it?

Standard frame sizes, turned to match the artwork. "Crops" is how much of the picture you lose filling that frame edge to edge — or keep it all and let a mat take up the difference.

Frame	Effective dpi	Verdict	Crops
10 × 8 in	252	Sharp up close	19%
14 × 11 in	183	Poster sharp	18%
16 × 12 in	168	Poster sharp	14%
20 × 16 in	126	Fine across a room	19%
24 × 18 in	112	Fine across a room	14%
36 × 24 in	84	Too soft	3%
40 × 30 in	67	Too soft	14%

Will it fit over your couch? Put this one on your wall, to scale — crop or mat, frame size, hang height and the order.

The ticket

The Great Day of His Wrath is a painting by John Martin (British, Haydon Bridge 1789–1854 Douglas), dated 1851–53. Oil on canvas. Size on the museum record: 196.5 × 303 cm. Held by Tate Britain, London; the free scan comes from Wikimedia Commons.

John Martin was the Victorian king of the disaster painting, and this is the climax of his career: a collapsing city, a split sky, and a landscape in motion. The scale of the damage is measured against tiny human figures. Hollywood directors have cited him as a forebear of the disaster movie. The 3000-pixel scan holds up well when blown up, and the picture looks best in a horizontal black frame.

The work is in the public domain, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,136 × 2,023 pixels — 6.3 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 10.5 × 6.7 in. The painting itself measures about 119.3 × 77.4 in, so a true life-size print runs below 300 dpi — still sharp at normal viewing distance.Paintings reproduce best on matte paper. Gloss throws glare across exactly the brushwork you came for, and a picture light does more for a print than any upgrade in paper.

On the receipt

Artist: John Martin
Date: 1851–53
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 196.5 × 303 cm
Held by: Tate Britain, London
License: Public domain · Public Domain Mark
Source: Commons file page ↗