The Boston Terrier (Dogs of All Nations)
W.E. Mason (pub.), 1915
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 12% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe Boston Terrier's plate from the 1915 breed atlas, America's own gentleman in his tuxedo markings. The first breed made in the U.S.A. to earn a page in the world catalogue — homegrown and proud of it.
- Maker
- W.E. Mason (pub.)
- Date
- 1915
- Medium of the original
- Photomechanical book plate
- Original held by
- Internet Archive / Dogs of All Nations 1915
- Credit
- Internet Archive / Dogs of All Nations 1915 · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01774
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 | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 288 x 261 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 43, lights 240 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 123.82
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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