Steeplechasers hang at the top of a fence, forelegs tucked tight, turf still flying from the takeoff behind them. Alken worked in steeplechasing's earliest years, when the sport still ran over whatever natural country a course could offer rather than a built track, and the jump itself — not the finish — carried the picture's drama. the exact fold of the foreleg knees at the fence's highest point, an instant before the drop. A fence has only one right way over, and the horse finds it in the air.

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-00089

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	330	Excellent	Trimmed 8.3%
12 x 8 in	300	Excellent	Trimmed 9.1%
14 x 11 in	240	Excellent	Trimmed 6.7%
16 x 12 in	220	Excellent	Trimmed 2.2%
18 x 12 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 9.1%
20 x 16 in	165	Good	Trimmed 8.3%
24 x 16 in	150	Good	Trimmed 9.1%

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	110 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	88 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