A tufted plant of the Western Australian sand plains, its leaves stiff as blades and its flower head a tight grey knot. Bauer's genius was to make a plant like this — not beautiful in the way a rose is beautiful — completely absorbing, by drawing it with such attention that the eye has no choice but to follow. Joseph Banks called him the greatest botanical artist who ever lived, and Banks had seen everyone. Attention is the whole technique. There is no other one.

Maker: Ferdinand Bauer
Date: 1801–1806
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: David Rumsey Map Collection · via Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons
Credit: David Rumsey Map Collection · via Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01020

As chosen: 18 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	18 x 24 in
Outside size	19.6 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	450	Excellent	Trimmed 3.4%
12 x 16 in	310	Excellent	Trimmed 8%
12 x 18 in	300	Excellent	Trimmed 3.4%
16 x 24 in	225	Excellent	Trimmed 3.4%
18 x 24 in	207	Excellent	Trimmed 8%
20 x 30 in	180	Good	Trimmed 3.4%
24 x 36 in	150	Good	Trimmed 3.4%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
30 x 40 in	124 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	103 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

3,727 x 5,400 px, srgb

Tone

Darks 206, lights 253 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

18.27

Notes

Narrow tonal range (17 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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