Ching Ling Foo — The Original Chinese Conjuror
Náprstek Museum holding (1898 US-tour card)
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe real Chinese court magician in embroidered robe, the honest article the yellowface "Chung Ling Soo" was built to imitate. He dazzled the 1898 Omaha Exposition and a decade of American vaudeville as himself — no masquerade, no borrowed skin.
- Maker
- Náprstek Museum holding (1898 US-tour card)
- 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-02109
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 | 54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 484 x 548 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 75, lights 201 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 4.29
The Conjuror
The poster promised the impossible, and the printing delivered it.
All 54 pieces from The Conjuror
