Nancy Hanks at full extension to her bicycle sulky, record 2:04 — the American parlor’s favorite athlete, sold to every farmhouse wall. Harness racing was the young republic’s speed obsession, and the great print firms sold it by the sheet. The reach of the stride — the lithographer’s license and the real record, both true at once. Before the stopwatch, the artist kept time.

Maker: Currier & Ives, lithographed by John Cameron
Date: 1892
Medium of the original: Lithograph
Original held by: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00048

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 x 19.6 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	860	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
14 x 11 in	626	Excellent	Trimmed 2.6%
16 x 12 in	562	Excellent	Trimmed 2%
20 x 16 in	430	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
24 x 18 in	375	Excellent	Trimmed 2%
30 x 24 in	286	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
40 x 30 in	225	Excellent	Trimmed 2%
48 x 36 in	187	Good	Trimmed 2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop