Scheherazade
Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953), 1907
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 40% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe woman who told a thousand and one stories to stay alive, lamplit against the palace dark. Dulac’s blues and gold made the East a jewel box — every plate a night you can hang.
- Maker
- Edmund Dulac (1882 to 1953)
- Date
- 1907
- Medium of the original
- Book illustration
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02431
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 | Wrong shape: a 40% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 39% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 40% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 40% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,048 x 4,248 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 77, lights 195 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 161.81
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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