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“Golf” — Horace Hutchinson

Name: “Golf” — Horace Hutchinson
Brand: The Links
SKU: PA-00011

“Spy” (Leslie Ward), Vanity Fair, 1890

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 22% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The first golfer admitted to Vanity Fair’s gallery of the notable — amateur champion, essayist, the game’s first man of letters. When Vanity Fair caricatured you, you had arrived; in 1890, golf arrived. The stance is drawn with a caricaturist’s cruelty and a golfer’s accuracy at once. To be teased in print is a kind of knighthood.

Maker: “Spy” (Leslie Ward), Vanity Fair
Date: 1890
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Vanity Fair, “Men of the Day” No. 477
Credit: Vanity Fair, “Men of the Day” No. 477
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00011

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How the print check works

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 22% crop
8 x 12 in	54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
12 x 18 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 22% crop
16 x 24 in	27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
20 x 30 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 22% crop
24 x 36 in	18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
40 x 60 in	10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged