A dignified studio portrait of Adelaide Herrmann, magic’s first great female headliner, poised and unmistakably in charge. The portrait sold the woman as much as the wonders — a headliner audiences came to see, not merely a widow.

Maker: Sarony / period studio portrait
Medium of the original: Colour lithograph poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: SAYRE collection via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-02103

As chosen: 16 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 24 in
Outside size	17.6 x 25.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 12 in	305	Excellent	Trimmed 7%
11 x 14 in	238	Excellent	Trimmed 8.7%
12 x 16 in	219	Excellent	Trimmed 4.4%
12 x 18 in	203	Excellent	Trimmed 7%
16 x 24 in	152	Good	Trimmed 7%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
18 x 24 in	146 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	122 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
24 x 36 in	101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	61 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 2,628 x 3,665 px, srgb, sRGB
Tone: Darks 71, lights 218 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 3.59