Chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea-monster, the princess Andromeda was saved at the last moment by the hero Perseus — and the whole cast of the myth was set together in the sky: the maiden, her rescuer, the beast, and her boastful parents. Within her figure lies the Andromeda Galaxy, a faint smudge to the naked eye that is in truth a trillion suns, the most distant thing a human can see unaided. A rescue, and a window onto infinity.

Maker: after Bayer / Hevelius / Flamsteed
Date: engraved 16th–18th c.
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: The great celestial atlases · Linda Hall Library
Credit: The great celestial atlases · Linda Hall Library
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00970

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	358	Excellent	Trimmed 6.6%
14 x 11 in	260	Excellent	Trimmed 4.9%
16 x 12 in	239	Excellent	Trimmed 0.4%
20 x 16 in	179	Good	Trimmed 6.6%
24 x 18 in	159	Good	Trimmed 0.4%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 24 in	119 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
40 x 30 in	95 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	79 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

3,840 x 2,869 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)

Tone

Darks 140, lights 207 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

70.13

Notes

Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
Narrow tonal range (25 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

Shipping for this piece to a US address is $25.90, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.

Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.

A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.