The Great Dane (Dogs of All Nations)
W.E. Mason (pub.), 1915
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe Great Dane's plate from the 1915 world breed survey, the German boarhound standing at the full architectural height that made him the atlas's tallest entry. The Apollo of dogs in his reference-book prime — a portrait that furnishes a wall the way the dog furnishes a room.
- 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-01789
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 | 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | 36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | 29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | 20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | 18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | 13 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | 12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 9 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 7 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 442 x 326 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 65, lights 246 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 18.09
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