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Félicien Trewey — Shadows and Silhouettes

Name: Félicien Trewey — Shadows and Silhouettes
Brand: The Conjuror
SKU: PA-02097

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The ConjurorPA-02097Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 14% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The French shadowgraphist and chapeaugrapher who threw living silhouettes on the screen and folded one felt hat into a hundred characters. A variety polymath who bridged old conjuring and new media — he brought the Lumière Cinématographe to London audiences in 1896.

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Medium of the original: Colour lithograph poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-02097

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.

How the print check works

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
12 x 8 in	104 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
16 x 12 in	71 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 16 in	52 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
36 x 24 in	34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 1,250 x 860 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 5, lights 232 of 255; 1.7% clipped light, 2.9% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 101.93