Four St. Bernards settle in over cards, whiskey, and pipe smoke — the painting that started it all, nine years before the calendar series. The 1894 original that proved dogs at a card table could carry a canvas; it sold for $658,000 in 2015.

Maker: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
Date: 1894
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-01812

As chosen: 10 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	10 x 8 in
Outside size	11.6 x 9.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

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 offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 3.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
14 x 11 in	142 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
20 x 16 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
24 x 18 in	83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
30 x 24 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
40 x 30 in	50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop