Two steeplechasers rise together over a stone wall while two more riders close in behind them. A stone wall, not a brush fence, was the hardest natural obstacle steeplechasing offered in Alken's day, and he returned to it because it was the jump that separated a galloping horse from a jumping one. daylight showing clean under all four hooves of the leading horse at the wall's top. Some ground refuses to bend for speed.

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-00090

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 6.9%
14 x 11 in	234	Excellent	Trimmed 8.9%
16 x 12 in	214	Excellent	Trimmed 4.6%
18 x 12 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 6.9%
24 x 16 in	150	Good	Trimmed 6.9%

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	143 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	71 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged