A Mad Tea-Party
John Tenniel (1820 to 1914), 1890
$90
Print check at 12 x 8 in: 166 dpi, good. Trimmed 1.7% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The Hatter, the Hare, and the Dormouse in the teapot — the most famous unbirthday in literature, here in Tenniel’s own hand-coloured enlargement for The Nursery “Alice” (1890), the colour he gave his 1865 design.
- Maker
- John Tenniel (1820 to 1914)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium of the original
- Book illustration
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02420
| Picture | 12 x 8 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 9.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | 166 | Good | Trimmed 1.7% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | 113 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 75 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 55 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,000 x 1,357 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 65, lights 249 of 255; 0.1% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 34.09
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $24.80, 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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