Fidelity
Briton Rivière, 1869
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 13% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA poacher sits in the lock-up awaiting the magistrate, and his lurcher rests its head against him, sharing the cell without a charge to its name. Rivière's great statement that a dog's loyalty takes no account of the law — sympathy for the condemned, painted for a public that convicted them.
- Maker
- Briton Rivière
- Date
- 1869
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Lady Lever Art Gallery
- Credit
- Lady Lever Art Gallery · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01841
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 13% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | 69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,200 x 835 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
- Tone
- Darks 64, lights 217 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 3.72
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