Hylas and the Nymphs
John William Waterhouse (1849 to 1917), 1896
$90
Print check at 12 x 8 in: 164 dpi, good. Trimmed 7% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Hylas, companion of Heracles, goes to a pool to fill a jar and the naiads rise out of it to take him. Waterhouse crowds seven of them into the dark green water among water lilies, each face a variation on the same calm gaze, one already reaching for his arm. There is no violence in it and no escape either — the trap is entirely made of beauty, which is the point of the story. The pool is painted from real English weeds and reflections, so the myth happens somewhere you could actually stand. The most seductive drowning in Victorian art.
- Maker
- John William Waterhouse (1849 to 1917)
- Date
- 1896
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
- Credit
- Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00624
| Picture | 12 x 8 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 9.6 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | 164 | Good | Trimmed 7% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | 109 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 65 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,124 x 1,317 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 11, lights 211 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 15.37
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward magenta: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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