A crystal-gazing seer looms over a sweep of small mystical figures marching a lifetime from birth to death. The poster sold not a card trick but a verdict on your future — the era’s boldest advertising claim.

Maker: Unattributed U.S. lithographer, copyright C. Alexander
Medium of the original: Colour lithograph poster
Original held by: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Credit: Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-02089

As chosen: 8 x 10 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	8 x 10 in
Outside size	9.6 x 11.6 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 10 in	191	Good	Trimmed 2.9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
11 x 14 in	138 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	122 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
16 x 20 in	95 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
18 x 24 in	82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 30 in	63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
30 x 40 in	49 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop