Five steeplechasers race across open country toward a red flag marking the line on the skyline, a river crossing still ahead of them. Early steeplechases were run flag to flag over unenclosed country rather than around a fixed track, and Alken keeps both hazards in view — the water, the marker — true to how the sport was actually ridden. the gap already opening between the leading pair and the three horses trailing behind. The flag doesn't care who gets there first, only that someone does.

Maker: Henry Thomas Alken, oil on canvas
Date: c.1830s
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Harris Museum
Credit: Harris Museum
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00091

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
10 x 8 in	329	Excellent	Trimmed 8.4%
12 x 8 in	300	Excellent	Trimmed 9%
14 x 11 in	239	Excellent	Trimmed 6.8%
16 x 12 in	219	Excellent	Trimmed 2.3%
18 x 12 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 9%
20 x 16 in	164	Good	Trimmed 8.4%
24 x 16 in	150	Good	Trimmed 9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
24 x 18 in	146 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	109 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged