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Gone to Ground

Name: Gone to Ground
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01756

Arthur Wardle, c. 1900

Best in ShowPA-01756Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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Two terriers investigate an earth on a sandy bank — one nose down the hole, one supervising — the fox having filed for sanctuary. Wardle painted the terrier's defining moment: the point where the hunt's pageantry ends and the specialist is called in.

Maker: Arthur Wardle
Date: c. 1900
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Private collection
Credit: Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01756

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
11 x 14 in	68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
16 x 20 in	48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
18 x 24 in	40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
24 x 30 in	32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
30 x 40 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	20 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop