The terrier hero of A Dog Day sits at the kitchen hearth beside the coal scuttle, muzzle sooty, several lumps unaccountably missing. From the beloved 1902 picture book Aldin made with Walter Emanuel — edition-year gated, and the fireside plates are the memorial wall's kindest choice.

Maker: Cecil Aldin
Date: 1902
Medium of the original: Lithographic book plate
Original held by: Plate from A Dog Day (1902 edition)
Credit: Plate from A Dog Day (1902 edition) · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01836

As chosen: 12 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 18 in
Outside size	13.6 x 19.6 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	254	Excellent	Trimmed 2.8%
12 x 16 in	174	Good	Trimmed 8.5%
12 x 18 in	169	Good	Trimmed 2.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
16 x 24 in	127 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	116 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 36 in	84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged