A tall narrow panel: a boy climbs a rope rising rigid from a smoking basket, Indian conjurors below and a floodlit temple behind, Thurston gesturing up. Thurston claiming the legendary rope trick for the Western stage — exotic mystery packaged as the show’s crowning import.

Maker: Otis Lithograph Co. (Cleveland)
Medium of the original: Colour lithograph poster
Original held by: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-02083

As chosen: 18 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 10 in	510	Excellent	Trimmed 0.5%
11 x 14 in	364	Excellent	Trimmed 2.3%
12 x 16 in	319	Excellent	Trimmed 6.7%
16 x 20 in	255	Excellent	Trimmed 0.5%
18 x 24 in	212	Excellent	Trimmed 6.7%
24 x 30 in	170	Good	Trimmed 0.5%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
30 x 40 in	127 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 4,104 x 5,105 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 24, lights 225 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 4.71