Waiting Up!
Louis Wain, 1900
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA cat sits up past midnight in dressing gown and disapproval, Sketch, Boxing Day 1900. Published the day after Christmas, aimed at every household that had someone still out.
- Maker
- Louis Wain
- Date
- 1900
- Medium of the original
- Periodical illustration
- Original held by
- The Sketch, 26 December 1900
- Credit
- The Sketch, 26 December 1900 · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01830
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 | 117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 49 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 39 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 948 x 1,178 px, b-w, GIMP built-in D65 Grayscale with sRGB TRC
- Tone
- Darks 158, lights 255 of 255; 49.5% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 18.12
- Notes
- Pure white on 50% of the image, mostly the sheet itself: it prints as the paper's white
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