Thurston Presents Mysteries of India (herald)
Unattributed American printer
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 54% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA tall black-and-white letterpress herald headed “The Marvel of the World,” with Thurston’s photo portrait, ticket prices, and stage-scene vignettes. The workaday tented-show herald — cheap, type-heavy, distributed by the hundreds — the other half of golden-age magic advertising.
- Maker
- Unattributed American printer
- 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-02085
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 | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 54% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 45% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 53% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 51% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 45% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 54% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 45% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 51% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 45% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 54% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 45% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 51% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 51% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 45% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,128 x 3,069 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 34, lights 212 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 9.62
The Conjuror
The poster promised the impossible, and the printing delivered it.
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