Munich and Central Europe — LNER Poster, Ludwig Hohlwein, 1929
Ludwig Hohlwein, 1929
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyLudwig Hohlwein’s poster for the London and North Eastern Railway, advertising boat-train connections to Munich and Central Europe. The mainline "Big Four" companies commissioned internationally, not just domestically — this piece sells a continental destination through a British rail ticket. Hohlwein’s flat, poster-optimized figure style, distinct from the softer British house hands elsewhere on this shelf. The country, sold one connecting service at a time.
- Maker
- Ludwig Hohlwein
- Date
- 1929
- Medium of the original
- Travel poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00892
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 | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 16 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 8 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 400 x 300 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 33, lights 255 of 255; 11.6% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 37.69
- Notes
- Pure white on 12% of the image, mostly the sheet itself: it prints as the paper's white
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