The sailing card of the ship that matched Flying Cloud's 89-day record to San Francisco. Her 1859-60 run tied the fastest passage ever sailed, and the card was how the wharf found out first.

Maker: unattributed job printer
Date: c. 1860
Medium of the original: Chromolithographed clipper ship sailing card
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01913

As chosen: 12 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 8 in
Outside size	13.6 x 9.6 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	209	Excellent	Trimmed 1.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 12 in	140 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
24 x 16 in	104 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 20 in	84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
36 x 24 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
60 x 40 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 2,560 x 1,680 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 59, lights 235 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 91.27