St Bernards — To the Rescue
John Emms, c. 1900
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyTwo massive St Bernards head out into the snow, provision cask at the collar, on the errand the breed was built for. The heroic alpine rescue dog was the celebrity animal of the age, and Emms gave the legend its definitive muscular portrait.
- Maker
- John Emms
- Date
- c. 1900
- 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-01762
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 | 90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 723 x 900 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
- Tone
- Darks 32, lights 228 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 7.61
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