Tableau of Astronomy
Charles V. Monin, 1838
$140
Print check at 16 x 12 in: 187 dpi, good. Trimmed 1.4% 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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A French tableau of the heavens with the zodiac band running through it — the age when astronomy was sold to households as a wall chart, engraved and hand-coloured.
- Maker
- Charles V. Monin
- Date
- 1838
- Medium of the original
- Engraved plate
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02377
| Picture | 16 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 17.6 x 13.6 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 | 285 | Excellent | Trimmed 5% |
| 14 x 11 in | 207 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.2% |
| 16 x 12 in | 187 | Good | Trimmed 1.4% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 142 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 95 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 75 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 62 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 3,000 x 2,281 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 137, lights 254 of 255; 5.7% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 253.57
- Notes
- Pure white on 6% of the image, mostly the sheet itself: it prints as the paper's white
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