Three steeplechasers stretch flat over a ditch, caught by Alken an instant before the landing. A ditch hid its true width until a horse was already committed to jumping it, which made it as feared among early steeplechasers as any wall or hedge. the trailing horse's hind legs still driving off the near bank while the leaders are already airborne. A ditch asks the same question a wall does, only lower.

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-00092

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 6%
14 x 11 in	232	Excellent	Trimmed 9.7%
16 x 12 in	212	Excellent	Trimmed 5.4%
18 x 12 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 6%
24 x 16 in	150	Good	Trimmed 6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 18 in	141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 24 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	85 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged