
Surely, Surely, Slumber Is More Sweet than Toil
Maud Earl, c. 1900
$90
Print check at 12 x 8 in: 160 dpi, good. Trimmed 9% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Two Clumber spaniels lie fast asleep in a heap, a sprig of poppies — sleep's own flower — nodding beside them. Maud Earl quoting Tennyson over a pair of snoring gundogs: the working dog's day of rest given a full academic canvas.
- Maker
- Maud Earl
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01850
| Picture | 12 x 8 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 9.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
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 | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 175 | Good | Trimmed 8.4% |
| 12 x 8 in | 160 | Good | Trimmed 9% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 14 x 11 in | 127 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | 87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | 80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 78 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | 58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | 53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 39 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,920 x 1,407 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 129, lights 211 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 24.98
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (31 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
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