The Totteridge XI

Arthur Wardle, 1897

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Eleven champion smooth fox terriers from Francis Redmond's famous Totteridge kennel pose as a full cricket side. The most famous group portrait in the breed's history — the founding image of the fox terrier's golden age, painted for the man who bred it.

Maker
Arthur Wardle
Date
1897
Medium of the original
Oil on canvas
Original held by
Private collection, London
Credit
Private collection, London · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights
Public domain, verified
Catalogue number
PA-01766

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.

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Sizes withheld
SizeWhy
10 x 8 in87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 inWrong shape: a 15% crop
14 x 11 in63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in55 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 inWrong shape: a 15% crop
20 x 16 in43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 inWrong shape: a 15% crop
24 x 18 in37 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 inWrong shape: a 15% crop
30 x 24 in29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 inWrong shape: a 15% crop
40 x 30 in22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 inWrong shape: a 15% crop
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
893 x 697 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Tone
Darks 19, lights 187 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
7.81

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