The field away over the first fence — Alken’s sporting England at full, reckless stretch. The aquatint era printed the hunt and the chase for every hall in the county; Alken is its laureate. The tangle at the fence — the start is where the race is lost, not won. Sport begins where prudence retires.

Maker: Henry Thomas Alken, graphite and watercolour
Date: early 19th c.
Medium of the original: Aquatint
Original held by: Yale Center for British Art
Credit: Yale Center for British Art
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00045

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	458	Excellent	Trimmed 8.2%
18 x 12 in	306	Excellent	Trimmed 8.2%
24 x 16 in	229	Excellent	Trimmed 8.2%
30 x 20 in	183	Good	Trimmed 8.2%
36 x 24 in	153	Good	Trimmed 8.2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 24% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 22% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 24% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 24% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
60 x 40 in	91 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

6,000 x 3,672 px, srgb, sRGB

Tone

Darks 144, lights 216 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

35.6

Notes

Narrow tonal range (27 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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