A fashionable wolfhound poses at the height of the craze that made Russian sighthounds the must-have companion of the London season. A portrait of the moment aristocratic fashion and dog breeding merged — the title's gentle irony is Douglas's own.

Maker: Edwin Douglas
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-01744

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	192	Good	Trimmed 9.9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
20 x 16 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
30 x 24 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 1,920 x 1,705 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 37, lights 198 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 22.32