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Pomeranian Bitch and Puppy

Name: Pomeranian Bitch and Puppy
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01870

Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1777

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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A cream Pomeranian and her puppy rest under Gainsborough's feathery trees, painted for his friend the musician Carl Friedrich Abel. Gainsborough's loose, flickering brush — invented for silk and landscape — turns out to be the perfect instrument for fur.

Maker: Thomas Gainsborough
Date: c. 1777
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Tate, London
Credit: Tate, London · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01870

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Size	Why
10 x 8 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	77 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	71 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	32 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	19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged