The Cheshire Cat
John Tenniel (1820 to 1914), 1865
$270
Print check at 18 x 24 in: 153 dpi, good. Trimmed 7.7% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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A grin with a cat around it, fading branch by branch out of the tree. The first character in fiction who could leave and stay at once.
- Maker
- John Tenniel (1820 to 1914)
- Date
- 1865
- Medium of the original
- Book illustration
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02421
| Picture | 18 x 24 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 19.6 x 25.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
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 | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 333 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.7% |
| 12 x 16 in | 230 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.7% |
| 12 x 18 in | 222 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.7% |
| 16 x 24 in | 166 | Good | Trimmed 3.7% |
| 18 x 24 in | 153 | Good | Trimmed 7.7% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 92 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 76 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,769 x 4,000 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 40, lights 255 of 255; 46.4% clipped light, 0.4% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 11.62
- Notes
- Pure white on 46% of the image, mostly the sheet itself: it prints as the paper's white
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $25.90, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.
Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.
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