Twelve sisters and the secret their worn-out shoes betray — here the youngest springs up at the enchanted banquet. Nielsen’s crinolines are architecture, pattern pushed to the edge of abstraction.

Maker: Kay Nielsen (1886 to 1957)
Date: 1913
Medium of the original: Book illustration
Credit: via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-02439

As chosen: 12 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 16 in
Outside size	13.6 x 17.6 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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 10 in	282	Excellent	Trimmed 3.8%
11 x 14 in	201	Excellent	Trimmed 5.5%
12 x 16 in	176	Good	Trimmed 9.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
16 x 20 in	141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
18 x 24 in	117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
24 x 30 in	94 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
30 x 40 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop