The Pekingese (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 23% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe Pekingese's plate from the 1915 breed atlas, the lion dog of the Chinese court barely fifty years into Western exile. A palace dog documented within living memory of the palace — provenance most breeds can only envy.
- 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-01796
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 23% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | 15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 11 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 9 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 7 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 4 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 310 x 190 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 44, lights 215 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 11.87
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