Monsieur
Louis Wain, 1903
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA suave continental gentleman-cat, published in The Sketch in February 1903. One cat, one title, one raised eyebrow — Wain's character portraits at their most economical.
- Maker
- Louis Wain
- Date
- 1903
- Medium of the original
- Periodical illustration
- Original held by
- The Sketch, 11 February 1903
- Credit
- The Sketch, 11 February 1903 · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01823
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 | 63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 552 x 637 px, b-w, GIMP built-in D65 Grayscale with sRGB TRC
- Tone
- Darks 39, lights 251 of 255; 2.9% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 5.09
- Notes
- Transparent areas flattened onto white
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