Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1881 — How to Hang Pictures. [ARTICLE]

How to Hang Pictures.

No picture ought to be hung higher than the height of an average human eye where the owner of the eye is standing. It is the most universal rule in our houses to hang pictures much above this leyel,. and they can not be enjoyed there. If the picture is a portrait, or it has human faces in it, its eyes should look as nearly into ours as possible; and if there be no such simple guide, perhaps a good rule will have the line that divides the fiicture horizontally info equal parts evel with the eye. If one starts to hanging pictures with the determination to place them, so that they can be easily seen and enjoyed without stretching the neck the least or stooping the body, he will be pretty sare to do well.