Rose returned to his own invention twenty-three years later, at the turn of the century and in the middle of the Boer War. The octopus is back; the faces have aged into new grievances. Read beside the 1877 sheet it becomes a before-and-after of European temper — the same trick, the same continent, a different set of fears.

Maker: Fred W. Rose
Date: 1900
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Library of Congress, Geography & Map Division
Credit: Library of Congress, Geography & Map Division
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00347

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 x 19.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

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 offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
12 x 8 in	726	Excellent	Trimmed 6.8%
14 x 11 in	567	Excellent	Trimmed 8.9%
16 x 12 in	520	Excellent	Trimmed 4.6%
18 x 12 in	484	Excellent	Trimmed 6.8%
24 x 16 in	363	Excellent	Trimmed 6.8%
24 x 18 in	346	Excellent	Trimmed 4.6%
30 x 20 in	290	Excellent	Trimmed 6.8%
36 x 24 in	242	Excellent	Trimmed 6.8%
40 x 30 in	208	Excellent	Trimmed 4.6%
48 x 36 in	173	Good	Trimmed 4.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
60 x 40 in	145 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 8,723 x 6,241 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 25, lights 149 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 1.14