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A Waterloo

Name: A Waterloo
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01809

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, c. 1906

Best in ShowPA-01809Tear sheet

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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.

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A St. Bernard rakes in a monstrous pot while the rest of the table absorbs the defeat the title promises. One of the original calendar scenes, and the one that proves Coolidge understood that winning is funnier from behind.

Maker: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
Date: c. 1906
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-01809

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
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
12 x 8 in	61 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 16 in	30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 24 in	20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged