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The English Setter (Vero Shaw breed plate)

Name: The English Setter (Vero Shaw breed plate)
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01784

Vero Shaw (pub.), 1879–81

Best in ShowPA-01784Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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An 1881 chromolithograph of the English Setter, flecked coat and feathered tail rendered in the soft stone-printed color only chromolithography could manage. The gentleman's gundog from the book every Victorian sporting library owned — field elegance, suitable for framing above any armchair.

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-01784

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Size	Why
10 x 8 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
14 x 11 in	51 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 18% crop
20 x 16 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
24 x 18 in	30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
30 x 24 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 18% 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 18% crop