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The Bitch Pack of the Meath Foxhounds

Name: The Bitch Pack of the Meath Foxhounds
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01763

John Emms, 1902

Best in ShowPA-01763Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 13% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The bitch pack of Ireland's Meath Hunt fills the kennel doorway, every hound an individual and every individual ready. Emms's masterpiece and one of the most valuable hound paintings ever sold — bravura brushwork counting a whole pack one temperament at a time.

Maker: John Emms
Date: 1902
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-01763

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.

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
12 x 8 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
16 x 12 in	37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 16 in	26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
36 x 24 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged