Alexander, Crystal Seer — Knows, Sees, Tells All
Unattributed U.S. lithographer, copyright C. Alexander
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 51% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe seer bends over a glowing crystal, robed and turbaned, the triple boast lettered like scripture beneath him. Sold clairvoyance as a service, not a stunt — the copy is a vow, three verbs long.
- 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-02088
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 51% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 41% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 50% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 48% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 41% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 51% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 41% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 48% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 41% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 51% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 41% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 48% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 48% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 41% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,975 x 5,055 px, srgb, sRGB
- Tone
- Darks 18, lights 218 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 9.72
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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