The Girl on the White Bear
Kay Nielsen (1886 to 1957), 1914
$235
Print check at 16 x 24 in: 152 dpi, good. Trimmed 8.6% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The girl on the white bear’s back, riding into the blue dark — the Nordic masterpiece of the gift-book age.
- Maker
- Kay Nielsen (1886 to 1957)
- Date
- 1914
- Medium of the original
- Book illustration
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02437
| Picture | 16 x 24 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 17.6 x 25.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 304 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.6% |
| 12 x 18 in | 203 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.6% |
| 16 x 24 in | 152 | Good | Trimmed 8.6% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 121 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,438 x 4,000 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 28, lights 199 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 0.18
- Notes
- Neutrals lean cool (blue): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
- Soft fine detail at full resolution: smaller sizes print crisper
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $25.90, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.
Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.
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