Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Unknown, 1925
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 20% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyAn original 1925 MGM one-sheet for the colossal chariot-race epic. It advertised the most expensive spectacle the silent screen had dared. Horses, dust, and the roar of the circus. Vengeance at full gallop
- Maker
- Unknown
- Date
- 1925
- Medium of the original
- One-sheet poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00700
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 20% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 89 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 44 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,068 x 1,677 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 16, lights 251 of 255; 0.3% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 7.4% vivid
- Sharpness
- 10.27
- Notes
- Vivid colour: canvas or luster paper shows it best
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