The Belvoir field runs flat out behind the pack in full cry, horses stretched low across open grass. Alken built his career on hunting scenes painted from a rider's eye rather than a spectator's, and a run with the Belvoir — one of England's oldest packs — gave him speed instead of ceremony to paint. the leading horse's ears pinned back against its neck, reading the ground rather than watching the hounds. The chase forgives no rider who hesitates.

Maker: Henry Thomas Alken, oil on canvas
Date: c.1830s
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Tate
Credit: Tate
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00086

As chosen: 18 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	18 x 12 in
Outside size	19.6 x 13.6 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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
12 x 8 in	291	Excellent	Trimmed 2.9%
18 x 12 in	194	Good	Trimmed 2.9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
24 x 16 in	145 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
30 x 20 in	116 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
36 x 24 in	97 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
60 x 40 in	58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged