The Pointer (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 17% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe Pointer's plate from the 1915 world breed survey, the sporting world's living compass in clean profile. The one breed whose name is its entire job description, in its definitive early document.
- 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-01797
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 17% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 29 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 | 19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 17% 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 17% 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
- 359 x 239 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 80, lights 241 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 17.4
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