diff --git a/src/rectangle.js b/src/rectangle.js
index 5d3495af..abf1c947 100644
--- a/src/rectangle.js
+++ b/src/rectangle.js
@@ -201,6 +201,21 @@ $.Rect.prototype = /** @lends OpenSeadragon.Rect.prototype */{
         );
     },
 
+    /**
+    * Translate/move this Rect by a vector and return new Rect.
+    * @function
+    * @param {OpenSeadragon.Point} delta The translation vector.
+    * @returns {OpenSeadragon.Rect} A new rect with altered position
+    */
+    translate: function( delta ) {
+        return new OpenSeadragon.Rect(
+            this.x + delta.x,
+            this.y + delta.y,
+            this.width,
+            this.height
+        );
+    },
+
     /**
      * Returns the smallest rectangle that will contain this and the given rectangle.
      * @param {OpenSeadragon.Rect} rect
diff --git a/src/tiledimage.js b/src/tiledimage.js
index d349658e..f2059eba 100644
--- a/src/tiledimage.js
+++ b/src/tiledimage.js
@@ -1327,6 +1327,12 @@ function drawTiles( tiledImage, lastDrawn ) {
 
         var box = tiledImage.imageToViewportRectangle(tiledImage._clip, true);
         var clipRect = tiledImage._drawer.viewportToDrawerRectangle(box);
+        if (sketchScale) {
+            clipRect = clipRect.times(sketchScale);
+        }
+        if (sketchTranslate) {
+            clipRect = clipRect.translate(sketchTranslate);
+        }
         tiledImage._drawer.setClip(clipRect, useSketch);
 
         usedClip = true;
@@ -1334,6 +1340,12 @@ function drawTiles( tiledImage, lastDrawn ) {
 
     if ( tiledImage.placeholderFillStyle && tiledImage._hasOpaqueTile === false ) {
         var placeholderRect = tiledImage._drawer.viewportToDrawerRectangle(tiledImage.getBounds(true));
+        if (sketchScale) {
+            placeholderRect = placeholderRect.times(sketchScale);
+        }
+        if (sketchTranslate) {
+            placeholderRect = placeholderRect.translate(sketchTranslate);
+        }
 
         var fillStyle = null;
         if ( typeof tiledImage.placeholderFillStyle === "function" ) {