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The Pool of Tears

Name: The Pool of Tears
Brand: The Nursery
SKU: PA-02425

Arthur Rackham (1867 to 1939), 1907

The NurseryPA-02425Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 127 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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Rackham’s Alice, grown nine feet tall and weeping a sea she will have to swim. Where Tenniel engraved, Rackham floods the page with grey-green water and the loneliness of being suddenly too big.

Maker: Arthur Rackham (1867 to 1939)
Date: 1907
Medium of the original: Book illustration
Credit: via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-02425

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Size	Why
8 x 10 in	127 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
8 x 12 in	116 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	92 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	85 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	77 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged