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Bull Dogs (Vero Shaw breed plate)

Name: Bull Dogs (Vero Shaw breed plate)
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01769

Vero Shaw (pub.), 1879–81

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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A chromolithograph plate of prize Bulldogs from Cassell's great Victorian survey of the dog, printed when the breed was settling into its modern shape. This is the Bulldog before the caricature — a working portrait from the book that taught Britain what its breeds were supposed to look like.

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-01769

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Size	Why
10 x 8 in	68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
14 x 11 in	50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 16 in	34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
24 x 18 in	30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 24 in	22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
40 x 30 in	18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop