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Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog

Name: Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01759

Philip Reinagle, 1805

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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A spaniel sits upright at the keyboard, paws on the keys, sheet music open, mid-recital and entirely serious about it. The most charming joke in Georgian art — Reinagle painting the Enlightenment's debate about animal intelligence as a straight-faced society portrait.

Maker: Philip Reinagle
Date: 1805
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Credit: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01759

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
14 x 11 in	35 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 14% crop
20 x 16 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 18 in	20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
30 x 24 in	16 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% 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 14% crop