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The Airedale Terrier (Vero Shaw breed plate)

Name: The Airedale Terrier (Vero Shaw breed plate)
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01770

Vero Shaw (pub.), 1879–81

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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.

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A chromolithograph of the Airedale from the breed's first decade of respectability, when the king of terriers was still a Yorkshire riverbank rough. An original plate of the largest terrier from the book that made him famous — printed before he was polished.

Maker: Vero Shaw (pub.)
Date: 1879–81
Medium of the original: Chromolithograph
Original held by: Internet Archive / Cassell 1879–81
Credit: Internet Archive / Cassell 1879–81 · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01770

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	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
12 x 8 in	51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
16 x 12 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 16 in	25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
36 x 24 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	11 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged