The Smooth Fox Terrier (Dogs of All Nations)

W.E. Mason (pub.), 1915

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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.

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The smooth Fox Terrier's plate from the 1915 world survey, made when he was the most fashionable dog in the English-speaking world. The Edwardian era's it-dog at the height of his reign — the plate every terrier household should own.

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-01803

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
SizeWhy
10 x 8 inWrong shape: a 12% crop
12 x 8 in21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
16 x 12 in15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 inWrong shape: a 12% crop
24 x 16 in10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in8 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 inWrong shape: a 12% crop
36 x 24 in7 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in6 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in5 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in4 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
258 x 181 px, srgb
Tone
Darks 53, lights 212 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
28.45

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