The Nightingale
Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953), 1911
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 128 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe emperor with Death sitting on his chest, and the plain grey bird whose song was worth more than the jewelled clockwork one — and drove Death from the room. Dulac’s chinoiserie at its most tender.
- Maker
- Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953)
- Date
- 1911
- Medium of the original
- Book illustration
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02436
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 | 128 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 91 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,024 x 1,284 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 13, lights 154 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 7.04
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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