The Cambridgeshire field comes down the Newmarket straight in a packed line, Alken counting silks rather than lengths. By 1849 the Cambridgeshire was already the great autumn handicap that filled Newmarket's stands — a field this size was the draw, not any single horse inside it. the tangle of colours three and four deep, no single winner yet declared by the paint. A big field makes its own weather.

Maker: Henry Thomas Alken, oil on canvas
Date: 1849
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: National Trust
Credit: National Trust
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00078

As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 16 in
Outside size	25.6 x 17.6 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	300	Excellent	Trimmed 0.6%
18 x 12 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 0.6%
24 x 16 in	150	Good	Trimmed 0.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 20 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
36 x 24 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
60 x 40 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged