diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be53728..7b279b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -248,7 +248,11 @@ __Note:__ To use this feature, you'll also need to have two additional pieces of
 
 ### Creating a `PageImage` with `.to_image()`
 
-To turn any page (including cropped pages) into an `PageImage` object, call `my_page.to_image()`. You can optionally pass a `resolution={integer}` keyword argument, which defaults to 72. E.g.:
+To turn any page (including cropped pages) into an `PageImage` object, call `my_page.to_image()`. You can optionally pass *one* of the  following keyword arguments:
+
+- `resolution`: The desired number pixels per inch. Defaults to 72.
+- `width`: The desired image width in pixels.
+- `height`: The desired image width in pixels.
 
 ```python
 im = my_pdf.pages[0].to_image(resolution=150)
diff --git a/pdfplumber/display.py b/pdfplumber/display.py
index d8ba249..18f0ee5 100644
--- a/pdfplumber/display.py
+++ b/pdfplumber/display.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ T_contains_points = Union[Tuple[T_point, ...], List[T_point], T_obj]
 
 
 def get_page_image(
-    stream: Union[BufferedReader, BytesIO], page_no: int, resolution: int
+    stream: Union[BufferedReader, BytesIO], page_no: int, resolution: Union[int, float]
 ) -> WandImage:
     # If we are working with a file object saved to disk
     if hasattr(stream, "name"):
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class PageImage:
         self,
         page: "Page",
         original: Optional[WandImage] = None,
-        resolution: int = DEFAULT_RESOLUTION,
+        resolution: Union[int, float] = DEFAULT_RESOLUTION,
     ):
         self.page = page
         if original is None:
diff --git a/pdfplumber/page.py b/pdfplumber/page.py
index 2233af6..6b2f495 100644
--- a/pdfplumber/page.py
+++ b/pdfplumber/page.py
@@ -362,13 +362,30 @@ class Page(Container):
         p._objects["char"] = utils.dedupe_chars(self.chars, **kwargs)
         return p
 
-    def to_image(self, resolution: Optional[int] = None) -> "PageImage":
+    def to_image(
+        self,
+        resolution: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
+        width: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
+        height: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None,
+    ) -> "PageImage":
         """
-        For conversion_kwargs, see:
-        http://docs.wand-py.org/en/latest/wand/image.html#wand.image.Image
+        You can pass a maximum of 1 of the following:
+        - resolution: The desired number pixels per inch. Defaults to 72.
+        - width: The desired image width in pixels.
+        - height: The desired image width in pixels.
         """
         from .display import DEFAULT_RESOLUTION, PageImage
 
+        num_specs = sum(x is not None for x in [resolution, width, height])
+        if num_specs > 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Only one of these arguments can be provided: resolution, width, height. You provided {num_specs}"  # noqa: E501
+            )
+        elif width is not None:
+            resolution = 72 * width / self.width
+        elif height is not None:
+            resolution = 72 * height / self.height
+
         return PageImage(self, resolution=resolution or DEFAULT_RESOLUTION)
 
     def to_dict(self, object_types: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/tests/test_display.py b/tests/test_display.py
index 84d2072..52b53a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_display.py
+++ b/tests/test_display.py
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ class Test(unittest.TestCase):
         self.im.draw_vlines([10])
         self.im.draw_hlines([10])
 
+    def test_width_height(self):
+        p = self.pdf.pages[0]
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            p.to_image(resolution=72, height=100)
+
+        im = p.to_image(width=503)
+        assert im.original.width == 503
+
+        im = p.to_image(height=805)
+        assert im.original.height == 805
+
     def test_debug_tablefinder(self):
         self.im.reset()
         settings = {"horizontal_strategy": "text", "intersection_tolerance": 5}