The Hudson River Steamboat Rip van Winkle
James Bard, 1854
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 27% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA Hudson River sidewheeler in strict profile, walking beam and paddle box drawn like an engineer's elevation. Bard painted nearly every steamboat on the Hudson, port side, flags flying; builders were said to check his pictures against their plans.
- Maker
- James Bard
- Date
- 1854
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Credit
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01986
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 27% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 27% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 27% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,600 x 938 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
- Tone
- Darks 65, lights 218 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 63.74
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