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Bulldog

Name: Bulldog
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01748

Philip Reinagle, c. 1790

Best in ShowPA-01748Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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An old-type bulldog of the eighteenth century stands its ground — leggier, rangier and rawer than anything in a modern show ring. A document of what the breed looked like before the Victorians redesigned it; the earliest chapter of the bulldog's biography in paint.

Maker: Philip Reinagle
Date: c. 1790
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Private collection
Credit: Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01748

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 withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
14 x 11 in	34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 16 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
24 x 18 in	20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 24 in	15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
40 x 30 in	12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop