Every size drawn to scale on one wall, above the sofa in a photographed room. Sizes are the canvas; a frame adds a little on every side.
Print proof — This is the exact file our printer receives for this size, so what you see here is what gets printed, edge to edge. Use it to see how much margin a size leaves and, before you buy a large size, to check the sharpness in the 100% close-up.
edge of the print
The file
Actual pixels at this size
Colors on a screen can look slightly different from ink on canvas. This file goes to the printer automatically when you order, and your piece ships straight from the print studio to you.
Living room 1 / 9
Wall color
Rooms to scale: each was measured against a 5 ft 6 in figure, so the print is drawn at its true size against the furniture. Rooms and people are generated images. Swipe the room, tap a dot, or press Next room to see the print in another room. Drag the print to try another spot (or move it with the arrow keys); switch sizes above to compare.
Step 1 — set the scale. Drag the slider until the gold bar on the photo is the height of a standard doorway (80 in / 203 cm). Every size you pick is then drawn true to life.
Step 2 — drag the print to where it would hang, and change size or frame above to compare.
Source scan:Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Rijksstudio, CC0) Rights statement of the archive: “Public domain. Design by Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (died 1944); the museum dates this work 1910, so it was made before 1931. The Rijksmuseum releases its photograph under Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0). Object number RP-P-1918-1346.” Original print: Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1910, aquatint; sheet 179 mm; 298 mm. Verified 2026-10-16.
This product is a new print made to order from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.
Egret by a Wooden Wall
The story of this print
A great white egret stands upright in front of a wall of dark, grained wooden planks. Its body is left almost blank, the white of the paper, and the lacy breeding plumes on its back fall in sharp black-and-white strokes over its legs. The ground is pale and speckled.
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868–1944) was a Dutch printmaker and designer and the teacher of M. C. Escher. He drew animals at the Amsterdam zoo and turned them into strong, flat designs like this one.
It is the most modern-looking of the herons, black, white and wood-brown, and suits an office or a hallway.
What we did to this scan
Cropped by hand to the printed picture, the sheet's paper margins removed, and evenly to a 2:3 canvas by trimming a little plain sky, water or paper.
Balanced the levels and took out the scanner’s color cast, keeping 75% of the paper’s age tone.
Cleaned dust and specks picked up by the scanner.
A light sharpen, so fine lines and lettering hold at large sizes.
About this particular sheet. Made from the Rijksmuseum's photograph of the print, cropped to the printed plate (leaving out the pencil writing below it) and evenly to a 2:3 canvas.
Every print is credited to its archive here and in your order confirmation. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn. How we restore.
Questions
What does it show?
A tall white egret with lacy black-and-white plumes on its back stands in front of a dark wall of wooden planks, on pale sandy ground.
Is this an original?
No. It is a new print made from the Rijksmuseum's photograph of the aquatint etching in its collection. We never sell originals or antiques.
Where does the image come from?
From the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which releases its photograph under Creative Commons Zero. Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita died in 1944, and the museum dates this print 1910, so it is in the public domain. The museum's record is linked on this page.
How is it made?
It is printed to order for you, in the finish you choose: a float frame canvas, a classic frame canvas, a stretched canvas, a rolled canvas or an acrylic panel. Both frames come in Black or Antique Gold. The size and finish picker shows which sizes each finish is made in.
Colors vary a little between screens and canvas. The previews are drawn, not photographed, and are a close match to the printed piece.
Every size, one wall
All 4 sizes of this print, side by side
To scale, framed, with a 5 ft 6 in figure for reference — so you can see the steps between sizes at a glance before you pick one above.
24×36 in61×91 cm
20×30 in51×76 cm
16×24 in41×61 cm
12×18 in30×46 cm
5′6″ · 168 cm
Left to right: 24×36 in · 20×30 in · 16×24 in · 12×18 in
Every size to scale on one wall, framed in Black, beside a 5 ft 6 in figure. Room photograph generated for scale; the figure is 5 ft 6 in.
Swipe sideways along the wall to see every size
From people who bought it
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