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Justice

Name: Justice
Brand: The Hermetica
SKU: PA-00438

Pamela Colman Smith, for A. E. Waite, 1909

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 27% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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A crowned figure sits between two pillars, an upraised sword in one hand and level scales in the other. Pamela Colman Smith drew her in 1909 for the card A. E. Waite numbered eleven, trading places with Strength in the older order. Sword and scale together: the weighing and the cut, judgement made whole. Smith gave the deck its clarity of gesture in a matter of months, working for a flat fee, and was left uncredited for a hundred years while her images circled the world. Look for the square clasp at her throat and the 'PCS' monogram low in the frame.

Maker: Pamela Colman Smith, for A. E. Waite
Date: 1909
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Published London, 1909 · scan: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Published London, 1909 · scan: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00438

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
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 27% crop
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 26% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 27% crop
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 27% crop
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop