The English Springer Spaniel (Dogs of All Nations)
W.E. Mason (pub.), 1915
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 143 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe English Springer's plate from the 1915 breed atlas, the ancestral spaniel from which the whole flushing family springs. The root stock of every land spaniel, presented in the world catalogue with due seniority.
- 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-01785
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 | 143 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 71 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,431 x 1,197 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 49, lights 246 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 46.32
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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