Vercingétorix
Cândido Aragonez de Faria, 1909
$191
Print check at 16 x 20 in: 166 dpi, good. Trimmed 5.8% 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 Pathé Frères affiche of 1909 for the historical reconstruction Vercingétorix, designed by Cândido Aragonez de Faria and printed at the Imprimerie Pathé Frères. The Third Republic taught Vercingétorix as the founding French patriot, and Pathé's history films sold that schoolroom myth back to the public as spectacle. The poster is a record of cinema learning that national memory was commercial material. The lithographic stone work in the armour and drapery — flat colour laid in separate passes, with the drawing carried entirely by black keyline. A nation's founding legend, priced for the ticket window.
- Maker
- Cândido Aragonez de Faria
- Date
- 1909
- Medium of the original
- One-sheet poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00798
| Picture | 16 x 20 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 17.6 x 21.6 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 10 in | 333 | Excellent | Trimmed 5.8% |
| 11 x 14 in | 242 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.1% |
| 12 x 16 in | 221 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.5% |
| 16 x 20 in | 166 | Good | Trimmed 5.8% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 147 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 88 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,671 x 3,543 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 89, lights 197 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 69.81
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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