diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/PdfRectangle.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/PdfRectangle.cs
index 41562c90..0888d45b 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/PdfRectangle.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/PdfRectangle.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
         private double width;
         /// <summary>
         /// Width of the rectangle.
+        /// <para>A positive number.</para>
         /// </summary>
         public double Width
         {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
         private double height;
         /// <summary>
         /// Height of the rectangle.
+        /// <para>A positive number.</para>
         /// </summary>
         public double Height
         {
@@ -197,13 +199,16 @@
             var cos = Math.Cos(t);
             var sin = Math.Sin(t);
 
-            var inverseRotation = new TransformationMatrix(          
+            var inverseRotation = new TransformationMatrix(
                 cos, -sin, 0,
                 sin, cos, 0,
                 0, 0, 1);
 
-            width = inverseRotation.Transform(BottomRight).X - inverseRotation.Transform(BottomLeft).X;
-            height = inverseRotation.Transform(TopLeft).Y - inverseRotation.Transform(BottomLeft).Y;
+            // Using Abs as a proxy for Euclidean distance in 1D 
+            // as it might happen that points have negative coordinates.
+            var bl = inverseRotation.Transform(BottomLeft);
+            width = Math.Abs(inverseRotation.Transform(BottomRight).X - bl.X);
+            height = Math.Abs(inverseRotation.Transform(TopLeft).Y - bl.Y);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Geometry/PdfRectangleTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Geometry/PdfRectangleTests.cs
index e3b5b873..ca2cb531 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Geometry/PdfRectangleTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Geometry/PdfRectangleTests.cs
@@ -1682,5 +1682,17 @@
             Assert.Equal(expected[2], rectR.TopLeft, PointComparer);
             Assert.Equal(expected[3], rectR.BottomLeft, PointComparer);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Issue261()
+        {
+            // Some points have negative coordinates after rotation, resulting in negative Height
+            PdfRectangle rect = new PdfRectangle(new PdfPoint(401.51, 461.803424),
+                new PdfPoint(300.17322363281249, 461.803424),
+                new PdfPoint(401.51, 291.45),
+                new PdfPoint(300.17322363281249, 291.45));
+
+            Assert.True(rect.Height > 0);
+        }
     }
 }