@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
   right but none above. The picture now aligns to the top of its line, and a box whose body is only a
   picture on a line of its own (`ms-box-picture`) has no padding and is no wider than the picture.
   A `Frame`'s `Padding` reaches the HTML as `--ms-pad` (it was always `1ch`).
+- **A box round a picture fits it in a terminal too.** A terminal that draws pictures got the box across
+  the whole width with the picture in its left corner, so it stood wider than the rules and lines
+  around it. A `Frame` whose body is only a picture on a line of its own, for a reader shown that
+  picture, now has no padding and is as wide as the picture (or its title, if that is wider). A reader
+  shown the art or the description instead still gets the box across the width.
 
 ## 2.11.2 — 2026-10-07
 
 
@@ -191,6 +191,44 @@ public async Task KittyKeepsABoxAroundThePictureAligned()
 		await Assert.That(widths).IsEquivalentTo(new[] { 20 });
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A box round nothing but a picture fits it, as it does in HTML: a terminal drew the box across the whole
+	/// width with the picture in its left corner, wider than the rules and lines around it.
+	/// </summary>
+	[Test]
+	public async Task ABoxRoundOnlyAPictureFitsIt()
+	{
+		var options = new AnsiOutputOptions(Features: TerminalFeatures.KittyGraphics) { Pictures = new Source(RedBlue()) };
+		var laid = Laid(new Frame(new Figure(Cat, MarkupText.Empty)), 40, new PictureCells(6, 2));
+
+		var lines = RenderString(laid, options).Split('\n');
+
+		await Assert.That(lines.Select(VisibleCells).Distinct().ToArray()).IsEquivalentTo(new[] { 8 });
+		await Assert.That(laid.ToPlainText().Split('\n')[0]).IsEqualTo("┌──────┐");
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>A titled box round a picture is still as wide as its title needs.</summary>
+	[Test]
+	public async Task ABoxRoundAPictureKeepsRoomForItsTitle()
+	{
+		var laid = Laid(new Frame(new Figure(Cat, MarkupText.Empty)) { Title = MarkupText.Plain("A long title") }, 40, new PictureCells(6, 2));
+
+		var lines = laid.ToPlainText().Split('\n');
+
+		await Assert.That(lines.Select(line => line.Length).Distinct().ToArray()).IsEquivalentTo(new[] { 19 });
+		await Assert.That(lines[0]).IsEqualTo("┌─┤ A long title ├┐");
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>A reader shown the picture's text instead gets the box across the width, as with any other text.</summary>
+	[Test]
+	public async Task ABoxRoundAPictureNotShownKeepsItsWidth()
+	{
+		var laid = BlockLayout.Build(new Frame(new Figure(Cat, MarkupText.Empty)), 40,
+			context: new LayoutContext { Pictures = (_, _) => null });
+
+		await Assert.That(laid.ToPlainText().Split('\n').Select(line => line.Length).Distinct().ToArray()).IsEquivalentTo(new[] { 40 });
+	}
+
 	[Test]
 	public async Task KittyWithoutThePixelsSendsTheArt()
 	{
 
@@ -22,12 +22,7 @@ public sealed record Figure(ImageMarkup Image, MarkupText Art) : Block
 	/// <inheritdoc/>
 	public override void Draw(LayoutContext context, int width, IList<MarkupText> lines)
 	{
-		var art = Art.Length == 0
-			? null
-			: Art.Split("\n").Select(line => line.Text.EndsWith('\r') ? line.Substring(0, line.Length - 1) : line).ToArray();
-
-		// Art of line breaks alone has no cells to hold a picture, so it is no art.
-		if (art is not null && art.Max(line => line.DisplayWidth) == 0) art = null;
+		var art = ArtLines();
 
 		// The picture is on its rows whoever reads them: a terminal that has its pixels draws it in their cells,
 		// MXP or Pueblo writes it once, and everything else reads what the rows hold.
@@ -95,6 +90,27 @@ public override void Draw(LayoutContext context, int width, IList<MarkupText> li
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>The art's lines, or none: art of line breaks alone has no cells to hold a picture, so it is no art.</summary>
+	private MarkupText[]? ArtLines()
+	{
+		if (Art.Length == 0) return null;
+		var art = Art.Split("\n").Select(line => line.Text.EndsWith('\r') ? line.Substring(0, line.Length - 1) : line).ToArray();
+		return art.Max(line => line.DisplayWidth) == 0 ? null : art;
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// The cells wide the picture is drawn in at <paramref name="width"/> for a reader <paramref name="context"/>
+	/// draws it for, or none when the reader gets text instead.
+	/// </summary>
+	internal int? PictureWidth(LayoutContext context, int width)
+	{
+		if (Image.Source.Length == 0 || context.Pictures is not { } pictures) return null;
+		var artWidth = ArtLines()?.Max(line => line.DisplayWidth);
+		return pictures(Image, Math.Min(width, artWidth ?? width)) is { Columns: > 0, Rows: > 0 } cells
+			? Math.Min(width, artWidth ?? cells.Columns)
+			: null;
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// The rows of cells the picture is drawn in, each marked with the picture and its <see cref="PictureRow"/>
 	/// over what a client the picture does not reach shows there: the art, which keeps its own size, or, with no
 
@@ -49,8 +49,22 @@ public override void Draw(LayoutContext context, int width, IList<MarkupText> li
 	{
 		var style = context.Paint(context.Border(Border));
 		var none = style.Name == BorderStyle.None.Name;
+		var sides = style.Left.DisplayWidth + style.Right.DisplayWidth;
 		var padding = BlockText.Blank(Padding);
-		var inner = Math.Max(1, width - style.Left.DisplayWidth - style.Right.DisplayWidth - padding.DisplayWidth * 2);
+		var inner = Math.Max(1, width - sides - padding.DisplayWidth * 2);
+
+		// A box round nothing but a picture the reader is shown fits it, as it does in HTML: no padding, and no
+		// wider than the picture, or than the title needs.
+		if (Body is Figure { Float: FigureFloat.None, Beside: null } figure
+			&& figure.PictureWidth(context, Math.Max(1, width - sides)) is { } picture)
+		{
+			var title = Title is { Length: > 0 } t
+				? t.DisplayWidth + style.TitleOpen.DisplayWidth + style.TitleClose.DisplayWidth + (TitleAlignment is Alignment.Left or Alignment.Right ? 2 : 1)
+				: 0;
+			padding = MarkupText.Empty;
+			inner = Math.Max(1, Math.Min(width - sides, Math.Max(picture, title)));
+			width = inner + sides;
+		}
 
 		if (!none || Title is { Length: > 0 })
 			lines.Add(BlockText.Edge(style.TopLeft, style.Top, style.TopRight, Title is null ? null : context.Paint(theme => theme.TitleColor, Title), TitleAlignment, style, width));