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“Mr John Ball jun.”

Name: “Mr John Ball jun.”
Brand: The Links
SKU: PA-00012

“Lib” (Liborio Prosperi), Vanity Fair, 1892

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 14% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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John Ball of Hoylake, the great amateur, caricatured for Vanity Fair mid-address. Ball beat the professionals at their own championship; Vanity Fair filed him among the men of the day. Drawn by “Lib” (Liborio Prosperi), not Spy — the wall’s favourite Ball plate, honestly attributed. Play a course long enough and it becomes your surname.

Maker: “Lib” (Liborio Prosperi), Vanity Fair
Date: 1892
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Vanity Fair, “Men of the Day” No. 534
Credit: Vanity Fair, “Men of the Day” No. 534
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00012

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Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
8 x 12 in	37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
12 x 16 in	25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
16 x 24 in	18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 36 in	12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	10 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	8 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	7 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged