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The Ching Ling Foo Company

Name: The Ching Ling Foo Company
Brand: The Conjuror
SKU: PA-02110

Náprstek Museum holding (1898)

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 14% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The Foo company assembled in costume, a genuine Chinese ensemble that carried its act across America and Europe. Behind one famous name stood a working troupe of real performers, worth remembering as people, not a billing.

Maker: Náprstek Museum holding (1898)
Medium of the original: Colour lithograph poster
Original held by: Náprstek Museum, Prague
Credit: Náprstek Museum, Prague / Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-02110

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 withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
8 x 12 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
12 x 16 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
16 x 24 in	26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 36 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged