Callum
John Emms, 1895
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 59 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyCallum, a rough-coated Scottish terrier, sits for his portrait with the gravity of a clan chief and the beard to match. A single-dog portrait good enough for a national gallery — Emms according a terrier the full dignity of Scottish portraiture.
- Maker
- John Emms
- Date
- 1895
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- National Galleries of Scotland
- Credit
- National Galleries of Scotland · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01749
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 |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 59 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 600 x 472 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 38, lights 166 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 12.83
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward magenta: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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