The English Greyhound (Dogs of All Nations)

W.E. Mason (pub.), 1915

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The English Greyhound's plate from the 1915 world breed survey — four thousand years of speed, standing politely for its portrait. The oldest silhouette in the dog world, in the cleanest documentary form it ever took.

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-01783

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 in40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 inWrong shape: a 14% crop
14 x 11 in29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 inWrong shape: a 14% crop
20 x 16 in20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 inWrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 18 in17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 inWrong shape: a 14% crop
30 x 24 in13 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 inWrong shape: a 14% crop
40 x 30 in10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in8 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 inWrong shape: a 14% crop
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
415 x 323 px, srgb
Tone
Darks 92, lights 246 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
21.98

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