Alexander Herrmann — Cabinet Portrait of the Great One
Harvard Theatre Collection (cabinet card)
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 16% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA studio cabinet portrait of Herrmann the Great (1844–1896), the imperial beard and knowing eyes of the era’s king conjuror. Sold at the door as a souvenir, the portrait let admirers carry the great magician home.
- Maker
- Harvard Theatre Collection (cabinet card)
- Medium of the original
- Colour lithograph poster
- Original held by
- Harvard Theatre Collection
- Credit
- Harvard Theatre Collection via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-02102
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 16% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 146 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 97 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,176 x 1,752 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 35, lights 199 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 1.06
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