Nine named champion show cats — Xenophon, Ameer, Satan and friends — on an 1898 magazine poster. Wain drawing actual pedigree champions by name, for the mass press.

Maker: Louis Wain
Date: 1898
Medium of the original: Poster
Original held by: Poster for The Harmsworth London Magazine, 1898
Credit: Poster for The Harmsworth London Magazine, 1898 · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01828

As chosen: 8 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	8 x 12 in
Outside size	9.6 x 13.6 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 12 in	205	Excellent	Trimmed 1.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
12 x 18 in	136 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
16 x 24 in	102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 30 in	82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
24 x 36 in	68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
40 x 60 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 1,642 x 2,502 px, b-w, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Tone: Darks 59, lights 235 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 765.17