The German Shepherd Dog (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 16% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe German Shepherd's plate from the 1915 breed atlas, published sixteen years after the breed was founded and just before the war made him world-famous. The sheepdog on the eve of becoming the twentieth century's working dog — a genuinely historic page.
- 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-01788
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 16% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | 18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 11 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 9 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 5 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 338 x 226 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 62, lights 230 of 255; 0.1% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 86.87
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