Doncaster St. Leger - The Start
Henry Thomas Alken, hand-coloured aquatint, c.1830s
$150
Print check at 18 x 12 in: 164 dpi, good. Trimmed 4.4% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The St Leger field breaks together at Doncaster, a wall of jockeys' silks let loose at the flag. The St Leger had already run at Doncaster for six decades by the time Alken made this aquatint, and his print sold ordinary buyers the one moment they never got close enough to see live: the break itself. the jostling still visible along the rail in the first few strides. A start is a promise the finish still has to keep.
- Maker
- Henry Thomas Alken, hand-coloured aquatint
- Date
- c.1830s
- Medium of the original
- Aquatint
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00094
| 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | 246 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.4% |
| 16 x 12 in | 172 | Good | Trimmed 7.1% |
| 18 x 12 in | 164 | Good | Trimmed 4.4% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 123 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 114 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 98 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 49 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,961 x 2,064 px, srgb, sRGB
- Tone
- Darks 34, lights 183 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 5.93
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