Pointers on the Alert
Thomas Blinks, c. 1890
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 11% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyTwo pointers freeze mid-field, bodies converted instantly from motion into signage. The point is the most painterly act in the sporting dog's repertoire, and Blinks made it his signature subject.
- Maker
- Thomas Blinks
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01758
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 |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 85 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,024 x 727 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 60, lights 184 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 6.54
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