Companions in Misfortune
Briton Rivière, 1883
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 15% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA young wanderer sleeps exhausted against a woodland bank, gun at his side, his shaggy dog pressed to his shoulder standing the watch. Rivière's quieter masterpiece of shared hard luck — the pact between man and dog holding firm precisely when there is nothing left to share.
- Maker
- Briton Rivière
- Date
- 1883
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Tate
- Credit
- Tate · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01840
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 | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 95 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,140 x 776 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
- Tone
- Darks 20, lights 87 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 10.25
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (31 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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