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The Dachshund (Vero Shaw breed plate)

Name: The Dachshund (Vero Shaw breed plate)
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01779

Vero Shaw (pub.), 1879–81

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 10% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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A chromolithograph of the Dachshund as Victorian England first properly met it — long, low, and entirely serious about badgers. An original breed-book plate of the household's favorite absurdity, from the decade it stopped being exotic.

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-01779

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
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
8 x 12 in	65 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
16 x 24 in	32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
24 x 36 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	13 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged