Mother Goose
Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 to 1935), 1914
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 128 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe rhymes every child meets first, painted by the tenderest hand of the age. Smith’s Mother Goose is the book that taught a generation what a picture book could feel like.
- Maker
- Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 to 1935)
- Date
- 1914
- Medium of the original
- Book illustration
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02449
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 128 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 93 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 85 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,382 x 1,029 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 19, lights 173 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 17.04
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward magenta: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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