King Charles Spaniels (The Cavalier's Pets)
Edwin Landseer, 1845
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 107 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyTwo silky King Charles spaniels lounge beneath a plumed cavalier's hat, comfortably certain their owner will not be needing it soon. Painted in two days on a bet with himself, and it shows — Landseer's brush at its fastest and most affectionate.
- Maker
- Edwin Landseer
- Date
- 1845
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Tate
- Credit
- Tate · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01844
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 | 107 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 78 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,114 x 862 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 12, lights 104 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 5.41
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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