The Pug (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 15% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe Pug's entry in the 1915 breed atlas, the ancient Chinese lapdog presented with the same taxonomic dignity as the wolfhounds. Proof on paper that the Pug has been getting away with it for centuries.
- 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-01800
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 15% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,280 x 1,206 px, b-w
- Tone
- Darks 56, lights 236 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 7.31
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